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Maras : gang violence and security in Central America
Title
Maras : gang violence and security in Central America / edited by Thomas Bruneau, Lucía Dammert, and Elizabeth Skinner.
ISBN
9780292728608 (cloth : alk. paper)
0292728603 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780292729285 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0292729286 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780292735347 (e-book)
0292735340 (e-book)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2011.
Physical Description
viii, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 12, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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