Central American Street Gangs: Their Role in Communities and Prisons

Authors

  • Sonja Wolf Institute for Security and Democracy (INSYDE)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18352/erlacs.9472

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.

Author Biography

Sonja Wolf, Institute for Security and Democracy (INSYDE)

Sonja Wolf <sonja_wolf@insyde.org.mx> is a researcher at the Institute for Security and Democracy (INSYDE), Mexico City.

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Published

27-03-2014

Issue

No. 96: April 2014

Section

Review Essays | Ensayos de reseña

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