Maras  gang violence and security in Central America /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Thomas Bruneau, Lucía Dammert, and Elizabeth Skinner. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Austin :  University of Texas Press,  c2011. 
 - vii, 308 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gangs--Central America--Case studies.<br/>Youth--Social conditions.--Central America<br/>Juvenile delinquency--Social aspects--Central America.<br/>Central Americans--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Central America--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6439.C35  / M367 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.106/609728