Screen LibraryYouth violence in Latin America
This volume provides a systematic overview of the contemporary Latin American youth violence phenomenon. The authors focus specifically on youth gangs, juvenile justice issues, and applied research concerns, providing a rounded and balanced exploration of this increasingly important topic.
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230101333 |
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This volume provides a systematic overview of the contemporary Latin American youth violence phenomenon. The authors focus specifically on youth gangs, juvenile justice issues, and applied research concerns, providing a rounded and balanced exploration of this increasingly important topic. "These studies, in an original and comparative framework, offer creative and inspiring approaches to understanding youth violence, opening the way for new perspectives to address the needs and rights of the youth in Latin America and all over the world." - Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Independent Expert of the UN Secretary-General for the global study on violence against children and Author of the World Report on Violence against Children (2006) "This ground-breaking volume on youth violence in Latin America is holistic and balanced in scope, and contributes definitively to a complex and often con |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2010. |
| Carrier Form: | 272 p. |
| Audience: | Undergraduate. |
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9780230600560 9780230101333 : 023010133X : |
| CLC: | D771.285 |
| Contents: | Preface: Wagner's testimony * Youth Violence in Latin America: an overview and agenda for research - Dennis Rodgers and Gareth A. Jones * Living in the Shadow of Death: Gangs, Violence, and Social Order in Nicaragua, 1996-2002 - Dennis Rodgers * Security at Stake: Dealing with Violence and Public (In)security in a Popular Neighborhood in Guadalajara, Mexico - Monique Sonnevelt * Good Times and Bad Blood: Violence, Solidarity and Social Organization on Dominican Streets - Jon Wolseth * "Gaining Respect": The Logic of Violence among Young Men in the Barrios of Caracas, Venezuela - Veronica Zub |