Media and Crime in Argentina: Punitive Discourse During the 1990s PDF
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MEDIA AND CRIME IN ARGENTINA PUNITIVE DISCOURSE DURING THE 1990s CYNTHIA FERNANDEZ ROICH Media and Crime in Argentina Cynthia Fernandez Roich Media and Crime in Argentina Punitive Discourse During the 1990s Cynthia Fernandez Roich Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences The University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand ISBN 978-1-349-95250-2 ISBN 978-1-349-95251-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-349-95251-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017946073 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and trans- mission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Gregor Hohenberg Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom To the wonderful men in my life My husband, Heath Duncan Barclay and My father, Aldo Manuel Fernández Acknowledgements This book would not be possible without the support of many people. First and foremost, I would like to thank my husband, Heath Duncan Barclay, for his infinite patience through all this extenuating process. Furthermore, I would like to thank a group of generous colleagues who volunteered to hear and read a variety of drafts and consoled me in the time of crisis: Scott Poynting, Marivic Wyndham, Cintia Ines Goldschtein de Agosti, Blanca Tovias, Gabriela Zabala, Florencia Bustingorry, Maria Ferraro, and Giovanna Szalkowicz. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to Ricardo Roa (from the newspaper Clarin), Diego Garazzi (from the newspaper La Nación) and Ricardo Badia (from the newspaper Página 12) that authorized me to reproduce their cover pages and articles for this book. vii Contents 1 The Urban Vindicators 1 2 They Deserve to Die 7 3 A Country Without Law 35 4 A rgentinean Media 61 5 Final Disposition 79 6 Democratic Transition (1983–1995) 113 7 Crime on the Agenda 139 8 Beyond the Police Reform (1999–2003) 159 ix x Contents 9 Conclusion 183 Bibliography 197 Index 239 List of Acronyms AAA Alianza Anticomunista Argentina (also known as Triple A) AMBA Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires AMIA Asociación Mutual Israelita de Argentina CELS Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales CEOP Centro de Estudios de Opinión Pública CEPAL Comisión Económica para América Latina CGT Confederación General del Trabajo CIA Central Intelligence Agency COHA Council on Hemispheric Affairs CONADEP National Commission on Missing Persons [Comisión Nacional sobre la desaparición de personas] COPUB Centro de Opinión Pública de la Universidad de Belgrano DEA Drug and Enforcement Administration FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FESPAD Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho FLACSO Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales GFC Global Financial Crisis HRW Human Rights Watch IDB Inter-American Development Bank IAPA Inter-American Press Association IDES Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social IDM Inter American Development Bank xi xii List of Acronyms IMF International Monetary Fund [Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI)] IVC Instituto Verificador de Circulaciones. LAC Latin America and the Caribbean NBI Necesidades Básicas Insatisfechas OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OGD Observatorio Geopolítico de las Drogas SIP Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime WIEGO Women in informal employment globalising and organising YPF Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales
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