Maras
Subtitle: gang violence and security in Central America
By: edited by Thomas Bruneau, Lucía Dammert, and Elizabeth Skinner
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Austin, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780292728608; 9780292729285; 9780292735347
Subjects: Politics and government; Youth; Case studies; Gangs; Social conditions; Juvenile delinquency; Central Americans
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.[265]-289) and index.
Table of contents: title: Case studies; title: The origins of Southern California Latino gangs / Al Valdez; title: Street gangs of El Salvador / Sonja Wolf; title: Street gangs of Guatemala / Elin Cecilie Ranum; title: Street gangs of Honduras / Joanna Mateo; title: Street gangs of Nicaragua / Jos Luis Rocha (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis); title: Responses to gang violence; title: State power and Central American Maras : a cross-national comparison / Enrique Desmond Arias; title: Government responses and the dark side of gang : suppression in Central America / Jos Miguel Cruz; title: Elite membership and sexualized violence among Central American gangs / Mauricio Rubio (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis); title: The use of intelligence to combat Maras / Clifford Gyves; title: The impact of U.S. anti-gang policies in Central America : quo vadis? / Florina Cristiana Matei; title: Conclusion : the dilemma of fighting gangs in new democracies / Thomas Bruneau and Luca Dammert.