TY - JOUR
T1 - The ‘blue leviathan’
T2 - Perceptions of youth on police violence and impunity in Argentina
AU - Stamatakis, Nikolaos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - There have been complaints against the Argentinian police for decades (CELS, 2013, 2015). The Argentinian police (either federal, national, prefectural or military) have been characterised as the ‘blue leviathan’ (Saín, 2008), being responsible for gross human rights violations and excessive violence committed against civilians. The present article focuses on youth, aiming to explore their perceptions regarding police violence and impunity based on past negative experiences in one of the most affected areas in the metropolitan region of Buenos Aires, the Mitre neighbourhood. The quantitative data gathered for this study furthers the discussion on institutional legitimacy and the mutual relationship between the development of confidence, obedience in law and procedural justice, in Argentina and beyond.
AB - There have been complaints against the Argentinian police for decades (CELS, 2013, 2015). The Argentinian police (either federal, national, prefectural or military) have been characterised as the ‘blue leviathan’ (Saín, 2008), being responsible for gross human rights violations and excessive violence committed against civilians. The present article focuses on youth, aiming to explore their perceptions regarding police violence and impunity based on past negative experiences in one of the most affected areas in the metropolitan region of Buenos Aires, the Mitre neighbourhood. The quantitative data gathered for this study furthers the discussion on institutional legitimacy and the mutual relationship between the development of confidence, obedience in law and procedural justice, in Argentina and beyond.
KW - Argentina
KW - impunity
KW - legitimacy
KW - police
KW - violence
KW - Youth
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U2 - 10.1177/0032258X16679858
DO - 10.1177/0032258X16679858
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85134741232
SN - 0032-258X
VL - 90
SP - 318
EP - 347
JO - Police Journal
JF - Police Journal
IS - 4
ER -