The Judicial Response to Police Killings in Latin America

This book examines the effect of social inequality political influence and institutional design on the effectiveness of legal systems in Argentina Brazil and Uruguay. It demonstrates the inequality existent in these systems as well as the occasional successes. Its focus is on the criminal prosecution of violent police officers but it draws implications for democracy the rule of law court functioning and police violence. The book describes judicial prosecutorial and police structures and operation as well as the nature of and response to lethal police violence in each location.