The Judicial Response to Police Killings in Latin America: Inequality and the Rule of Law

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1 Effectiveness and Inequality in the Legal System......Page 15
A. Overcoming Resistance......Page 17
B. The Problem of Police Violence......Page 23
C. The Dependent Variable: legal effectiveness......Page 32
D. Proposing an Explanation......Page 36
1. A Structurally Determined Normative Bias......Page 44
2. Predictable Informational Shifts......Page 46
3. Concrete Implications of the Theory......Page 47
E. Implications for the Rule of Law......Page 49
2 Charting Injustice in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay......Page 51
A. Sources and Types of Data......Page 55
1. Levels of Police Violence......Page 57
2. Inequality in the Distribution of Violations......Page 61
3. Comparing Violation Rates Across Locations......Page 66
C. Comparing the Judicial Response to Violations......Page 70
1. Legal Effectiveness......Page 71
2. Legal Inequality......Page 75
D. The Likelihood of a Conviction Across and Within Jurisdictions......Page 90
3 Informational and Normative Shifts Across Jurisdictions......Page 94
1. A Nearly Universal Rule of Impunity in Salvador......Page 96
2. A “Violent Victim” Exception in Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo......Page 98
1. Routine Policing Cases in Uruguay......Page 101
2. When an Exception Becomes Formal......Page 102
C. See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil: normative and informational shifts in buenos aires......Page 104
1. Information Blackouts in Sao Paulo......Page 109
2. Routine Policing Cases in Cordoba......Page 116
E. Overview of Normative and Informational Failures......Page 119
4 Buenos Aires: Political Interference and Informational Dependence......Page 123
A. Federal and Provincial Criminal Procedure......Page 124
The New Procedure in the National Courts of the City......Page 125
1. Socio-economic Context......Page 128
2. Socio-political Context......Page 131
1. Police Forces Active in the Buenos Aires Area......Page 136
2. Non-state Investigative Agents......Page 140
D. Prosecutors......Page 143
E. The Courts......Page 145
F. Summary......Page 153
5 Sao Paulo: Normative Autonomy and Informational Failures......Page 156
A. The Brazilian Code of Criminal Procedure......Page 158
1. Socio-economic Context......Page 163
2. Socio-political Context......Page 165
1. Sao Paulo Police Forces......Page 169
2. Other State Agencies......Page 174
3. Non-state Agents......Page 176
E. The Courts......Page 178
F. Summary......Page 189
6 Uruguay: Strong Results from a Weak System......Page 192
A. The Uruguayan Code of Criminal Procedure......Page 195
1. Socio-economic Context......Page 198
2. Socio-political Context......Page 199
1. Police Forces in Uruguay......Page 203
2. Civil Society Actors......Page 206
D. Prosecutors......Page 208
E. The Courts......Page 209
F. Summary......Page 216
7 Cordoba: High Levels of Inequality in a Strong System......Page 219
A. The code of criminal procedure in cordoba......Page 221
1. Socio-economic Context......Page 223
2. Socio-political Context......Page 225
1. The Investigative Police......Page 226
D. Prosecutors......Page 228
E. The Courts......Page 231
F. Summary......Page 235
8 Salvador da Bahia: Social Cleansing Under Political
and Judicial Indifference......Page 237
A. The Code of Criminal Procedure......Page 240
2. Socio-political Context......Page 241
C. The Investigative Police......Page 245
D. Civil Society Actors......Page 247
E. Prosecutors......Page 248
F. The Courts......Page 250
G. Summary......Page 253
9 Binding Leviathan......Page 256
A. The Empirical Findings......Page 257
B. General Conclusions from the Empirical Findings......Page 261
C. Institutional Theory Revisited......Page 270
Appendix: Methods, Case Selection, and Sampling......Page 275
References......Page 285
Index......Page 299