A contemporary challenge to state sovereignty
Subtitle: gangs and other illicit transnational criminal organizations in Central America, El Salvador, Mexico, Jamaica, and Brazil
By: Max G. Manwaring.
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
Series: Security issues in the Western Hemisphere
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Carlisle Barracks, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
ISBN-13: 9781584873341
Subjects: Primeiro Comando da Capital.; Gangs.; Transnational crime.; Organized crime.; Political stability.; Sovereignty.
Notes: "December 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-59).
Table of contents: title: Context: gangs as nonstate threats in the regional and global security arenas; title: The gang phenomenon in Central America, El Salvador, and Mexico; title: A hemispheric addendum: Jamaican posses (gangs), and the Brazilian Primeiro Comando da Capital; title: Key points and lessons.