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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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Preface: Wagnerâs testimony
- 1 Youth Violence in Latin America: An Overview and Agenda for Research
- 2 Living in the Shadow of Death: Gangs, Violence, and Social Order in Urban Nicaragua, 1996-2002
- 3 Security at Stake: Dealing with Violence and Public (In)Security in a Popular Neighborhood in Guadalajara, Mexico
- 4 Good Times and Bad Blood: Violence, Solidarity, and Social Organization on Dominican Streets
- 5 âGaining Respectâ: The Logic of Violence among Young Men in the Barrios of Caracas, Venezuela
- 6 Piloting Experimental Methods in Youth Gang Research: A Camping Expedition with Rival Manchas in Ayacucho, Peru
- 7 The Dilemmas of Politically Sensitive Medicalized Approaches to Reducing Youth Violence in Pelotas, Brazil
- 8 Understanding the Logic of Nicaraguan Juvenile Justice
- 9 Deadly Symbiosis? The PCC, the State, and the Institutionalization of Violence in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil
- 10 Mean Streets: Youth, Violence, and Daily Life in Mexico City
- 11 Policing Youth in Latin America
- Contributors
- Index