... Comando Vermelho prison conditions organized crime corruption war on drugs ...

... U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act Cold War organized crime antitrafficking ...

... Act Cold War organized crime antitrafficking ...

..., in this case the Comando Vermelho, respond to the situation. The chapter also discusses the nature of the Brazilian prison system in general, and the recent increase in the size of the prisoner population due to the country’s “war on drugs.” Comando Vermelho prison conditions organized crime...

... nations’ present-day media cultures, which are marked by public displays of violence perpetrated by the military, police, private security forces, and organized crime. Criminal organizations have mounted a formidable challenge to these states’ historically precarious monopolies on violence and become ever...

... of the conflict between factions on favela communities on the outside and how, in recent years, the authorities in Rio have opted to change the way they combat organized crime by occupying and securing urban territory through establishing Police Pacifying Units, or Unidades de Polícia Pacificadora. Comando...

... and social vulnerabilities that sustain trafficking. U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act Cold War organized crime antitrafficking ...

... This essay interrogates social movements’ complicity in white supremacy through their adoption of “hate crimes” organizing as the model by which to address racial violence. This “hate/crime paradigm” sticks criminality and pathology to bodies and populations that are always already seen...

... advocates have condemned U.S. sex crimes law—in particular the prosecution of minors and the regime of post-incarceration registration and civil commitment—as grave violations of international human rights laws. And yet those who should be expected to care about this issue—sex radicals, GLTBQ organizations...

... at center stage in the national drama. Beginning in the mid-1970s, a succession of modern sex crime panics have redefined childhood, reshaped American social institutions, fostered new forms of identity based on victimization, eroded democratic legal norms, and contributed to the development of a deeply...

... with the legacy of colonially imposed anti-sodomy laws. These archaic statutes make it a crime, sometimes punishable by death, for homosexuals to even be intimate in the privacy of their bedrooms. The struggle for a universal human rights standard for LGBT people is complicated by seemingly intractable arguments...

... of decolonization rather than a politics of recognition sovereignty decolonization heteronormativity settler colonialism This essay interrogates social movements’ complicity in white supremacy through their adoption of “hate crimes” organizing as the model by which to address racial violence...

... for sex offenses. Human rights advocates have condemned U.S. sex crimes law—in particular the prosecution of minors and the regime of post-incarceration registration and civil commitment—as grave violations of international human rights laws. And yet those who should be expected to care about this issue...

... In this roundtable discussion, three authors discuss their efforts to research, educate, advocate, and organize around and against the U.S. prison nation, with a significant emphasis on naming how race, gender, and sexuality intersect with criminalization. In particular, this discussion examines...

... <italic>Primary Sources: Official Documents</italic> Congressional Debates The Organization of American States Documents Laws and Statutes Cuban Censuses One of the first indications that a study on the legal status of Cuban women was feasible was the wealth of government records...

... <italic>Primary Sources: Official Documents</italic> Congressional Debates The Organization of American States Documents Laws and Statutes Cuban Censuses One of the first indications that a study on the legal status of Cuban women was feasible was the wealth of government records...

... <italic>Primary Sources: Official Documents</italic> Congressional Debates The Organization of American States Documents Laws and Statutes Cuban Censuses One of the first indications that a study on the legal status of Cuban women was feasible was the wealth of government records...