Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation - Drug Trafficking and the Law in Central America

About the author

Julie Marie Bunck is Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville and the author of Fidel Castro and the Quest for a Revolutionary Culture in Cuba (Penn State, 1994).Michael Ross Fowler is Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville. Together with Julie Marie Bunck, he is also the author of Law, Power, and the Sovereign State: The Evolution and Application of the Concept of Sovereignty (Penn State, 1995).

Summary

Examines drug trafficking through Central America and the efforts of law enforcement to counter it. Details the routes, methods, and networks involved, while comparing the evolution of the drug trade in Belize, Coast Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama over three decades.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Marie Bunck, Bunck Julie Marie, Michael Ross Fowler, Fowler Michael Ross
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2013
• EAN: 9780271048673
• ISBN: 978-0-271-04867-3
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Illustrations: Karten, Schaubilder
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Drugs & the Law, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Central America, Mexico and Central America