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OverviewThis book examines the persistence of social violence and public insecurity in Honduras. Using a spatial perspective, the author looks at the Honduran state's security polices - known as Mano Dura - and the challenges authorities face. She points to the state's historical difficulty producing and ordering political territory and space. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lirio Gutierrez RiveraPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2013 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781349439850ISBN 10: 1349439851 Pages: 163 Publication Date: 24 May 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsDeveloping a spatial-territorial approach to crime and applying it to Honduras - a country that suffers one of the world's highest rates of crime - Lirio Gutierrez Rivera makes a significant and high quality contribution to the literature on crime. This is a key case study with a useful and much-needed theoretical framework. - Mark Ungar, The City University of New York - Brooklyn College, USA This is the first in-depth study of the structure and culture of violence in Honduras. It emphasizes the origins and the influence of organized crime, focusing in particular on the maras, the youth gangs that are the 'family' of the marginalized youth. Written with ethnographic excellence, it also demonstrates the failures of the anti-mara public policies of the Central American countries deeply affected by youth violence. - Dirk Kruijt, Emeritus Professor, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Developing a spatial-territorial approach to crime and applying it to Honduras - a country that suffers one of the world's highest rates of crime - Lirio Gutierrez Rivera makes a significant and high quality contribution to the literature on crime. This is a key case study with a useful and much-needed theoretical framework. - Mark Ungar, The City University of New York - Brooklyn College, USA This is the first in-depth study of the structure and culture of violence in Honduras. It emphasizes the origins and the influence of organized crime, focusing in particular on the maras, the youth gangs that are the 'family' of the marginalized youth. Written with ethnographic excellence, it also demonstrates the failures of the anti-mara public policies of the Central American countries deeply affected by youth violence. - Dirk Kruijt, Emeritus Professor, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Author InformationLirio Gutiérrez Rivera is an Anthropologist and Political Scientist. She was Postdoctoral Researcher at the desigualdades Research Network and at the Center of Area Studies and was Adjunct Lecturer at the Institute for Latin American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |