Maras Gang Violence and Security in Central America /
Maras Gang Violence and Security in Central America / [Recurso electrónico] :
edited by Thomas Bruneau, Lucía Dammert, and Elizabeth Skinner.
- 1st ed.
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (viii, 309 p. :) ill. ;
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p.[265]-289) and index.
Case studies -- The origins of Southern California Latino gangs / Al Valdez -- Street gangs of El Salvador / Sonja Wolf -- Street gangs of Guatemala / Elin Cecilie Ranum -- Street gangs of Honduras / Joanna Mateo -- Street gangs of Nicaragua / Jos Luis Rocha (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis) -- Responses to gang violence -- State power and Central American Maras : a cross-national comparison / Enrique Desmond Arias -- Government responses and the dark side of gang : suppression in Central America / Jos Miguel Cruz -- Elite membership and sexualized violence among Central American gangs / Mauricio Rubio (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis) -- The use of intelligence to combat Maras / Clifford Gyves -- The impact of U.S. anti-gang policies in Central America : quo vadis? / Florina Cristiana Matei -- Conclusion : the dilemma of fighting gangs in new democracies / Thomas Bruneau and Luca Dammert.
Libro Electrónico
9780292735347 0292735340
Central Americans--United States.
Juvenile delinquency--Social aspects--Central America.
Youth--Social conditions.--Central America
Gangs--Central America--Case studies.
Central America--Politics and government.
Electronic books.
HV6439.C35 / M367 2011
364.106/609728
Includes bibliographical references (p.[265]-289) and index.
Case studies -- The origins of Southern California Latino gangs / Al Valdez -- Street gangs of El Salvador / Sonja Wolf -- Street gangs of Guatemala / Elin Cecilie Ranum -- Street gangs of Honduras / Joanna Mateo -- Street gangs of Nicaragua / Jos Luis Rocha (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis) -- Responses to gang violence -- State power and Central American Maras : a cross-national comparison / Enrique Desmond Arias -- Government responses and the dark side of gang : suppression in Central America / Jos Miguel Cruz -- Elite membership and sexualized violence among Central American gangs / Mauricio Rubio (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis) -- The use of intelligence to combat Maras / Clifford Gyves -- The impact of U.S. anti-gang policies in Central America : quo vadis? / Florina Cristiana Matei -- Conclusion : the dilemma of fighting gangs in new democracies / Thomas Bruneau and Luca Dammert.
Libro Electrónico
9780292735347 0292735340
Central Americans--United States.
Juvenile delinquency--Social aspects--Central America.
Youth--Social conditions.--Central America
Gangs--Central America--Case studies.
Central America--Politics and government.
Electronic books.
HV6439.C35 / M367 2011
364.106/609728
2251-8215
