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<i>Popular Injustice</i> focuses on the spread of highly punitive forms of social control (known locally as <i>mano dura</i>) in contemporary Latin America. Many people have not only called for harsher punishments, such as longer prison sentences and the reintroduction of capital punishment, but also support vigilante practices like lynchings. In Guatemala, hundreds of these mob killings have occurred since the end of the country's armed conflict in 1996. Drawing on dozens of interviews with res
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- Author
- Angelina Snodgrass Godoy
- Publisher
- Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780804753838
- Category
- law
- Subjects
- Social Science, Law, Science
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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