Territories of Violence [electronic resource] : State, Marginal Youth, and Public Security in Honduras /
Rivera, Lirio Gutiérrez.author.
This book examines the persistence of social violence and public insecurity in Honduras. Using a spatial perspective, the author looks at the Honduran state's security polices - known as Mano Dura - and the challenges authorities face. She points to the state's historical difficulty producing and ordering political territory and space.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-156) and index.
State, space and territory -- Territorializing the state -- Violence and crime -- Marginal youth and the maras -- Public security and policies -- Alternatives: above and below -- Geographies of violence.
This book examines the persistence of social violence and public insecurity in Honduras. Using a spatial perspective, the author looks at the Honduran state's security polices - known as Mano Dura - and the challenges authorities face. She points to the state's historical difficulty producing and ordering political territory and space.
Crime-Sociological aspects.
Latin America-Politics and gover.
Criminology.
Terrorism.
Ethnology-Latin America.
Political science.
Crime and Society.
Latin American Politics.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
Latin American Culture.
Political Science.