Gangs, violence, and fear: punitive Darwinism in El Salvador.
This article evaluates the factors impacting support for tough on crime policies in El Salvador. Examining theoretical and empirical scholarly work, we look at how fear, together with social and political contexts drive public appetite for punitive policies towards criminals. We show that President...
| Publicado en: | Crime, Law & Social Change Vol. 79; no. 2; pp. 175 - 195 |
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Springer Nature
Mar2023
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