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The Politics of Crime in Latin America: New Insights, Future Challenges

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2021

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Eduardo Moncada*
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Eduardo Moncada is an assistant professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, USA.
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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 63 , Issue 1 , February 2021 , pp. 165 - 173
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© The Author, 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the University of Miami

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Conflict of interest: I, Eduardo Moncada, declare none.

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