Support for Private Security in Latin America: An Explanation Based on the Social Threat Theory.
The social threat theory holds that individuals who express animus against out-groups are more likely to label members of those groups as a threat, and are therefore more inclined to support formal social control measures that will impact on those groups. This study utilises that theory to explain w...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Criminology Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 632 - 650 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
May2026
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