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

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MarceloBergman, More Money, More Crime: Prosperity and Rising Crime in Latin America.New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. Maps, figures, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, 408 pp.; hardcover $41.95, ebook $28.99.

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2021

Eduardo Moncada*
Affiliation:
Eduardo Moncada is an assistant professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, USA.

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© The Author, 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the University of Miami

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Footnotes

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

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