Youth Violence in Latin America [electronic resource] : Gangs and Juvenile Justice in Perspective /
Jones, G.editor.
This volume provides a systematic overview of the contemporary Latin American youth violence phenomenon. The authors focus specifically on youth gangs, juvenile justice issues, and applied research concerns, providing a rounded and balanced exploration of this increasingly important topic.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: Wagner's testimony -- Youth Violence in Latin America: an overview and agenda for research / Dennis Rodgers and Gareth A. Jones -- Living in the Shadow of Death: Gangs, Violence, and Social Order in urban Nicaragua, 1996-2002 / Dennis Rodgers -- Security at Stake: Dealing with Violence and Public (In)security in a Popular Neighborhood in Guadalajara, Mexico / Monique Sonnevelt -- Good Times and Bad Blood: Violence, Solidarity and Social Organization on Dominican Streets / Jon Wolseth -- "Gaining Respect": The Logic of Violence among Young Men in the Barrios of Caracas, Venezuela / Verónica Zubillaga -- Piloting Experimental Methods in Youth Gang Research: A Camping Expedition with Rival Manchas in Ayacucho, Peru / Cordula Strocka -- The Dilemmas of Politically Sensitive Medicalized Approaches to Reducing Youth Violence in Pelotas, Brazil / Dominique P. Béhague -- Understanding the Logic of Nicaraguan Juvenile Justice / José Luis Rocha Gómez -- Deadly Symbiosis? The PCC, the State, and the Institutionalization of violence in São Paulo, Brazil / Graham Denyer Willis -- Mean Streets: Youth, Violence and Daily Life in Mexico City / Héctor Castillo Berthier and Gareth A Jones -- Policing Youth in Latin America--Mark Ungar.
This volume provides a systematic overview of the contemporary Latin American youth violence phenomenon. The authors focus specifically on youth gangs, juvenile justice issues, and applied research concerns, providing a rounded and balanced exploration of this increasingly important topic.
Criminology.
Sociology, Urban.
Ethnology.
Ethnology—Latin America.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Social Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Latin American Culture.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.