Maras : : Gang Violence and Security in Central America / / Thomas C. Bruneau, Elizabeth Skinner, Lucía Dammert.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Bruneau, Thomas C.,; Dammert, Lucía,; Skinner, Elizabeth,
• MitwirkendeR: Arias, Enrique Desmond,; Bruneau, Thomas,; Cruz, José Miguel,; Dammert, Lucía,; Gyves, Clifford,; Matei, Florina Cristiana,; Mateo, Joanna,; Ranum, Elin Cecilie,; Rocha, José Luis,; Rubio, Mauricio,; Valdez, Al,; Wolf, Sonja,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (319 p.)

Sensational headlines have publicized the drug trafficking, brutal violence, and other organized crime elements associated with Central America's mara gangs, but there have been few clear-eyed analyses of the history, hierarchies, and future of the mara phenomenon. The first book to look specif...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I. Case Studies
• 1. The Origins of Southern California Latino Gangs
• 2. Street Gangs of El Salvador
• 3. Street Gangs of Guatemala
• 4. Street Gangs of Honduras
• 5. Street Gangs of Nicaragua
• Part II. Responses to Gang Violence
• 6. State Power and Central American Maras: A Cross- national Comparison
• 7. Government responses and the Dark Side of Gang Suppression in Central America
• 8. Elite Membership and Sexualized Violence among Central American Gangs
• 9. the Use of Intelligence to Combat Maras
• 10. the Impact of U.S. Anti- gang Policies in Central America: Quo Vadis?
• Conclusion: The Dilemma of Fighting Gangs in New Democracies
• Notes
• Glossary
• List of Acronyms
• Bibliography
• About the Contributors
• Index