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Maras gang violence and security in Central America
Title
Maras [electronic resource] : gang violence and security in Central America / edited by Thomas Bruneau, Lucía Dammert, and Elizabeth Skinner.
ISBN
0292735340
9780292735347 (e-book)
0292728603
9780292728608 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780292729285 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2011. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 309 p. :) ill. ;
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010-2012 Current Complete Collection Bundle.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2011 Current Complete Collection.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2011 Global Cultural Studies Collection.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 30, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p.[265]-289) 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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