From crime prevention to enmity. A review of Prudencialismo. El gobierno de la prevención. Cuarenta Ríos

Abstract

Prudencialismo is a sharp and indispensable critique that analyzes the risks of the preventive expansion of crime control within Argentine society—one that undoubtedly finds resonance in various parts of Latin America, as in the case of Mexico. In this sense, it is indeed a book about and against prevention, an effort that questions all the virtues usually attributed to it: can crime really be prevented? Is its implementation viable for improving the city? What other social processes does it draw on? What discourses does it promote? And what affects? How does it modify urban planning? And, even more importantly, what kinds of citizenship are forged when one “is prevented”?