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Book/Printed Material Crime, violence, and the crisis in Guatemala : a case study in the erosion of the state

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Title

  • Crime, violence, and the crisis in Guatemala : a case study in the erosion of the state

Summary

  • Guatemala is currently experiencing a full-blown crisis of the democratic state. An unholy trinity of criminal elements: international drug traffickers, domestically based organized crime syndicates, and youth gangs, is effectively waging a form of irregular warfare against government institutions, with devastating consequences. The police, the judiciary, and entire local and departmental governments are rife with criminal infiltrators; murder statistics have surpassed civil-war levels in recent years; criminal operatives brazenly assassinate government officials and troublesome members of the political class; and broad swaths of territory are now effectively under the control of criminal groups. Guatemala's weak institutions have been unable to contain this violence, leading to growing civic disillusion and causing a marked erosion in the authority and legitimacy of the government.-- Summary from book.

Names

  • Brands, Hal, 1983-
  • Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Created / Published

  • Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2010]

Contents

  • The regional context : organized crime and irregular warfare in Latin America -- The crisis in Guatemala : origins, characteristics, and effects -- International drug traffickers -- Hidden powers -- Pandillas and Maras -- Violence, corruption, and the erosion of the state -- Policy implications.

Headings

  • -  Drug traffic--Guatemala
  • -  Gangs--Guatemala
  • -  Organized crime--Guatemala
  • -  Political stability--Guatemala
  • -  Guatemala--Foreign relations--United States
  • -  United States--Foreign relations--Guatemala

Notes

  • -  "May 2010."
  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-63).
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (v, 63 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HV6439.G9

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023692668

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Chicago citation style:

Brands, Hal, and U.S.. Strategic Studies Institute Army War College. Crime, violence, and the crisis in Guatemala: a case study in the erosion of the state. [Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2010] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023692668/.

APA citation style:

Brands, H. & Army War College, U. S. S. S. I. (2010) Crime, violence, and the crisis in Guatemala: a case study in the erosion of the state. [Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023692668/.

MLA citation style:

Brands, Hal, and U.S.. Strategic Studies Institute Army War College. Crime, violence, and the crisis in Guatemala: a case study in the erosion of the state. [Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2010] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023692668/>.