TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bruneau,Thomas C.
AU  - Dammert,Lucía
AU  - Skinner,Elizabeth
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Maras: gang violence and security in Central America 
AV  - HV6439.C35 M367 2011eb
U1  - 364.106/609728 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Gangs
KW  - Central America
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Youth
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Juvenile delinquency
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Central Americans
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2012; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10519730
ER  -