The Ambiguity of American Power: Drugs, Crime, and Violence in Latin America

Abstract

Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Violence in the Americas Today, edited by Bruce M. Bagley and Jonathan D. Rosen; The Politics of Crime in Mexico: Democratic Governance in a Security Trap, by John Bailey; Women Drug Traffickers: Mules, Bosses, and Organized Crime, by Elaine Carey; and Linking Political Violence and Crime in Latin America: Myths, Realities, and Complexities, edited by Kirsten Howarth and Jenny H. Peterson are reviewed.