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Maras : gang violence and security in Central America / edited by Thomas Bruneau, Lucía Dammert, and Elizabeth Skinner

Published
Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2011.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
viii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Bruneau, Thomas C., Dammert, Lucía, and Skinner, Elizabeth

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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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ISBN
9780292728608 (cloth : alk. paper)
0292728603 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780292729285 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0292729286 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780292735347 (e-book)
0292735340 (e-book)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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