Mexican American Girls and Gang Violence : Beyond Risk

Mexican American Girls and Gang Violence : Beyond Risk / by Avelardo Valdez.

This book focuses on the vulnerability of beyond-risk young females connected to male street-based youth gangs involved in violence, drug use, crime and sexual behavior. Special attention is given to partner violence experienced by these girls embedded in Mexican American communities with persistent...

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Main Author: Valdez, Avelardo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Gangs > Texas > San Antonio.
Female gangs > Texas > San Antonio.
Mexican American women > Texas > San Antonio.
Female juvenile delinquents > Texas > San Antonio.
Family violence > Texas > San Antonio.
Ethnic studies.
Sexual abuse & harassment.
Political ideologies.
TRUE CRIME > Organized Crime.
Society.
Family violence
Female gangs
Female juvenile delinquents
Gangs
Mexican American women
Jugendkriminalität
Mexikanerin
Mädchenbande
Texas > San Antonio
San Antonio, Tex.
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Table of Contents:
  • Life and gangs on the west side
  • The research process: acquiring access, maintaining visibility, and establishing rapport
  • Families in a dangerous community
  • Risk behaviors: delinquency, violence, substance use, and sexual relations
  • Sexual and physical violent victimization
  • The situational context of dating violence
  • Explaining intimate-partner violence: family, drugs, and psychosocial factors.

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