Entre el orden y la fuerza bruta: una historia política de la policía de Buenos Aires, 1852-1880
This article analyses the political history of the Buenos Aires Police between 1852 and 1880. Born in 1822, this institution had gone through a period of visibility for its arbitrariness and violent behaviour during the second government of Juan Manuel de Rosas (1835-1852). In the following years, t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação de Actividades Científicas
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Ler História |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/2705 |
| Summary: | This article analyses the political history of the Buenos Aires Police between 1852 and 1880. Born in 1822, this institution had gone through a period of visibility for its arbitrariness and violent behaviour during the second government of Juan Manuel de Rosas (1835-1852). In the following years, there was an important debate concerning the reforms needed to convert it into a modern “security police” and, in particular, on the legitimacy of the use of public force. |
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| ISSN: | 0870-6182 |