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Constitution

Constitution (in Spanish) (in English)

For the provincial constitutions, see Senate (in Spanish)

Political Institutions

Chamber of Deputies (in Spanish)

Presidency (in Spanish)

Senate (in Spanish)

Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (in Spanish)

Direction of the Criminal Police (in Spanish)

Federal council of the trafic security

Ministry of Interior (in Spanish)

for a portal to the provincial governments' websites, see Senate

Policing Legislation

Penal Code 1985, with its amendments (infoleg) (in Spanish)
Código Proceso Penal dela Nación 2001 (Infoleg) (in Spanish)

more penal laws on LegisLaw or http://www.saij.jus.gov.ar/

Police Laws at National Level

Law on Interior Security (1992) (as amended in 2005) (Ley Nº 24.059) (in Spanish) (defines the organization and function of all police in Argentina)

Law on the Security Police of the Airports (2006) (infoleg) (in Spanish)

Police Laws at Provincial Level:

Organic law of the Police of the Province of Rio Negro

Organic Law of the Police of the Province of Chaco

Organic Law of the Police of the Province of La Pampa and other related laws

Organic Law of the Police of the Province of Chubut (1970) and other laws of the Province of Chubut

Organic Law of the Police of the Province of Misiones (1997)

Organic Law of the Police of the Province of Tiera del Fuego (1995)

For the province of Buenos Aires:

Ley del Sistema de Seguridad Pública Provincial (Ley 12.154) (1998) (Province of Buenos Aires)

all the laws, including the municipal police laws in the province, can be downloaded on the legal portal of the Ministry of Security of the Province of Buenos Aires (alternatively check this legal section)

Legal Archives

Organization of the Police

Staff and budget of the Federal Police (CAPJE)

Provincial Level

Organogramme of the Ministry of Security of the Province of Buenos Aires

Victimization Studies

Diagnóstico sobre seguridad urbana en Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Ministry of Justice)

Violence, Fear ,and Insecurity among the Urban Poor in Latin America, by Caroline Moser, Ailsa Winton and Annalisa Moser, in The Urban Poor in Latin America, edited by Mariane Fay , World Bank 2005. pp. 125-177

Criminal Statistics

Criminal, Police and Correction statistics (Ministry of Justice)

Policing Research Institutes

Academic institutions

Instituto de ciencias criminalisticas y criminologia, Universidad Nacional del Norderste

ESPECIALIDAD EN CIENCIAS PENALES CON MENCIÓN EN CRIMINOLOGÍA
Universidad Argentina John F. Kennedy

ESPECIALISTA EN DERECHO PENAL Y CRIMINOLOGÍA
Universidad Nacional de La Plata

ESPECIALIZACIÓN EN CRIMINOLOGÍA
Universidad Nacional de San Juan

LICENCIATURA EN CRIMINALÍSTICA
Universidad del Aconcagua

LICENCIATURA EN CRIMINALÍSTICA
Instituto Universitario de la Policía Federal Argentina

MAESTRÍA EN CRIMINOLOGÍA
Universidad del Aconcagua

LICENCIATURA EN CRIMINALÍSTICA
Universidad Católica de Salta