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Central American Street Gangs: Their Role in Communities and Prisons
Author:
Sonja Wolf
Institute for Security and Democracy (INSYDE), NL
About Sonja
Sonja Wolf <sonja_wolf@insyde.org.mx> is a researcher at the Institute for Security and Democracy (INSYDE), Mexico City.
Abstract
– Territories of Violence: State, Marginal Youth, and Public Security in Honduras, by Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
– Adiós Niño: The Gangs of Guatemala City and the Politics of Death, by Deborah T. Levenson. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2013.
– The Rule of Law in Central America: Citizens’ Reactions to Crime and Punishment, by Mary Fran T. Malone. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2012.
– Ver, oír, callar. En las profundidades de una pandilla salvadoreña, by Juan José Martínez D’Aubuisson. San Salvador: AURA Ediciones, 2013.
– Gangsters Without Borders: An Ethnography of a Salvadoran Street Gang, by T. W. Ward. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
How to Cite:
Wolf, S. (2014). Central American Street Gangs: Their Role in Communities and Prisons. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, (96), 127–140. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/erlacs.9472
Published on 27 Mar 2014.
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