JON MORAN is Reader in Security at the University of Leicester, UK. His previous books include Policing the Peace in Northern Ireland (Manchester University Press, 2008), and (edited with Mark Phythian) Intelligence, Security and Policing Post-9/11 (Palgrave, 2008).

• Acknowledgements  Introduction  Democratization and the Decentralization of Crime and Corruption  Democratization and Political Corruption: Bringing Politics Back In  Learning to Live Without Fear: Organised Crime and Democratization  Violent Democracies: Cycles of Crime, Politics and Violence    Legacies of Violence: Murder and Violent Crime in El Salvador and Guatemala  State Collapse, Democratization and Informal Power in Iraq Conclusion Bibliography Index