Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction (Thomas Bruneau)
• Part I. Case Studies
  • Chapter 1. The Origins of Southern California Latino Gangs (Al Valdez)
  • Chapter 2. Street Gangs of El Salvador (Sonja Wolf)
  • Chapter 3. Street Gangs of Guatemala (Elin Cecilie Ranum)
  • Chapter 4. Street Gangs of Honduras (Joanna Mateo)
  • Chapter 5. Street Gangs of Nicaragua (José Luis Rocha (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis))
• Part II. Responses to Gang Violence
  • Chapter 6. State Power and Central American Maras: A Cross-national Comparison (Enrique Desmond Arias)
  • Chapter 7. Government Responses and the Dark Side of Gang Suppression in Central America (José Miguel Cruz)
  • Chapter 8. Elite Membership and Sexualized Violence among Central American Gangs (Mauricio Rubio (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis))
  • Chapter 9. The Use of Intelligence to Combat Maras (Clifford Gyves)
  • Chapter 10. The Impact of U.S. Anti-gang Policies in Central America: Quo Vadis? (Florina Cristiana Matei)
• Conclusion: The Dilemma of Fighting Gangs in New Democracies (Thomas Bruneau and Lucía Dammert)
• Notes
• Glossary
• List of Acronyms
• Bibliography
• About the Contributors
• Index

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About the Author

Thomas C. Bruneau is Distinguished Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Lucía Dammert is Executive Director of the Global Consortium on Security Transformation.

Elizabeth Skinner is the think tank coordinator at NATO's Allied Command Transformation.