Maras: Gang Violence and Security in Central America

by Lucía Dammert, Elizabeth Skinner, Thomas Bruneau

Book Overview

Sensational headlines have publicized the drug trafficking, brutal violence, and other organized crime elements associated with Central America's mara gangs, but there have been few clear-eyed analyses of the history, hierarchies, and future of the mara phenomenon. The first book to look specifically at the Central American gang problem by drawing on the perspectives of researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds, Maras:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292729286
• ISBN13: 9780292729285
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.1"