• Maras : gang violence and security in Central America
  • [NT 42944] Record Type: [NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
    [NT 47348] Title Information: gang violence and security in Central America
    [NT 47354] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: SkinnerElizabeth,
    [NT 47354] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: DammertLucía,
    [NT 47354] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: BruneauThomas C,
    [NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Project Muse
    [NT 47351] Place of Publication: Austin, TX
    [NT 47263] Published: University of Texas Press;
    [NT 47352] Year of Publication: 2011
    [NT 50960] Edition: 1st ed.
    [NT 47264] Description: 1 online resource (viii, 309 p.)ill. :
    [NT 47266] Subject: Central Americans - United States -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Juvenile delinquency - Social aspects - Central America -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Youth - Social conditions - Central America -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Gangs - Case studies - Central America -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Central America - Politics and government -
    [NT 51458] Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780292735347/
    [NT 47265] Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.[265]-289) and index
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780292735347electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 0292735340electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780292728608hbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 0292728603hbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780292729285pbk.
    [NT 60779] Content Note: Case studies -- The origins of Southern California Latino gangs / AlValdez -- Street gangs ofEl 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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