عنوان

Crime and Public Support for the Rule of Law in Latin America and Africa

شماره

LA108136

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Crime and Public Support for the Rule of Law in Latin America and Africa

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Shannon I. Smithey, Mary Fran T. Malone

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill | Nijhoff

متن يادداشت

Crime poses a formidable obstacle to democratization in many parts of the developing world. New democracies in Central America and sub-Saharan Africa face some of the highest homicide rates in the world. Politicians, citizens, and policy-makers have raised the alarm about the growing tide of criminality. Public insecurity, coupled with inefficient and often corrupt justice systems, makes democratization uncertain. Even if new democracies do not revert to dictatorship, the quality of democracy may suffer if crime continues to rise. One particularly vulnerable component of democracy is the rule of law, as public insecurity may fuel support for extra-legal justice, and a willingness to disregard the law while aggressively pursuing suspected criminals. To test these relationships, we assess the ways in which criminal victimization, as well as fear of crime, affect citizen support for the rule of law. We utilize public opinion data collected in select countries in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa through two widely used sources - the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) and the Afrobarometer surveys. Crime poses a formidable obstacle to democratization in many parts of the developing world. New democracies in Central America and sub-Saharan Africa face some of the highest homicide rates in the world. Politicians, citizens, and policy-makers have raised the alarm about the growing tide of criminality. Public insecurity, coupled with inefficient and often corrupt justice systems, makes democratization uncertain. Even if new democracies do not revert to dictatorship, the quality of democracy may suffer if crime continues to rise. One particularly vulnerable component of democracy is the rule of law, as public insecurity may fuel support for extra-legal justice, and a willingness to disregard the law while aggressively pursuing suspected criminals. To test these relationships, we assess the ways in which criminal victimization, as well as fear of crime, affect citizen support for the rule of law. We utilize public opinion data collected in select countries in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa through two widely used sources - the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) and the Afrobarometer surveys.

تاريخ نشر

2014

توصيف ظاهري

153-169

عنوان

African Journal of Legal Studies

شماره جلد

6/2-3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1708-7384

اصطلاح موضوعی

Africa

اصطلاح موضوعی

Crime

اصطلاح موضوعی

democratization

اصطلاح موضوعی

International Law: General Interest

اصطلاح موضوعی

Latin America

اصطلاح موضوعی

public opinion

اصطلاح موضوعی

Rule of Law

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Mary Fran T. Malone

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Shannon I. Smithey

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/17087384-12342034

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y