Maras : gang violence and security in Central America /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2011.
Description:	viii, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Gangs -- Central America -- Case studies. Youth -- Central America -- Social conditions. Juvenile delinquency -- Social aspects -- Central America. Central Americans -- United States. Central Americans. Gangs. Juvenile delinquency -- Social aspects. Politics and government Youth -- Social conditions. Central America -- Politics and government. Central America. United States. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8537772

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Other authors / contributors:	Bruneau, Thomas C. Dammert, Lucía. Skinner, Elizabeth.
ISBN:	9780292728608 (cloth : alk. paper) 0292728603 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780292729285 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0292729286 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780292735347 (e-book) 0292735340 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of 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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