TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bagley,Bruce M.
AU  - Rosen,Jonathan D.
TI  - Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Violence in the Americas Today
SN  - 9780813055336
AV  - HV5840 .L3 D773 2015 
U1  - 363.45097 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Gainesville
PB  - University Press of Florida
KW  - Drug traffic--Latin America
KW  - Drug traffic--United States
KW  - Organized crime--Latin America
KW  - Organized crime--United States
KW  - Violence--Latin America
KW  - Violence--United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Violence in the Americas Today -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface: On the Study of Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime Networks in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Twenty-First Century -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges to Democracy -- PART I. U.S. DRUG POLICIES AT HOME AND ABROAD -- 1. Coca, Cocaine, and Consumption: Trends and Antitrends -- 2. Illegal Drugs as a National Security Threat: Securitization of Drugs in the U.S. Official Discourse -- 3. The War on Drugs and the Role of SOUTHCOM -- 4. Mission Creep: The U.S. Military's Counterdrug Role in the Americas -- 5. Security Challenges at the U.S.-Mexican Border: Understanding the Security Threats to State and Local Governments -- 6. Drug-Control Policies in the United States: Patterns, Prevalence, and Problems of Drug Use in the United States -- PART II. DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ORGANIZED CRIME: COUNTRY AND REGIONAL ANALYSES -- COLOMBIA -- 7. Colombia and Its Wars against Drug Trafficking, 1970-2010 -- 8. Illicit Drugs in the Colombia-U.S. Relationship: Review and Prospects -- 9. Escalating Heroin Consumption and the Spread of HIV in Colombia: An Emerging Public Health Threat -- BOLIVIA -- 10. Bolivian Drug Policy under the Morales Administration -- PERU -- 11. The Vicious Cycle: The Resurgence of Drug Production and Drug Trafficking in Peru -- MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN -- 12. In Search of the Mérida Initiative: From Antecedents to Practical Results -- 13. Police Reform in Mexico: A Never-Ending Story -- 14. Democracy, Security, and Organized Crime in Central America -- 15. Seeking Out the State: Organized Crime, Violence, and Statetropism in the Caribbean -- BRAZIL; 16. The Power of Organized Crime in Brazil: From Public and Social Challenges to the Effectiveness of Reforms -- ARGENTINA -- 17. Under (Loose) Control: Drug Trafficking in Argentina in Times of Paradigm Change -- PART III. REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DRUG-CONTROL POLICIES -- 18. The Role of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission: Confronting the Problem of Illegal Drugs in the Americas -- 19. The Strategies of the European Union against Drug Trafficking -- 20. Analytical Conclusions: The Search for Alternative Drug Policies in the Americas -- List of Contributors -- Index
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