Pandillas and Security in Central America

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ID18987325
AutoresThomas C Bruneau (autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume49
Fascículo2
Páginas152-172
Data de publicação2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLatin American Research Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278
EditoraProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/lar.2014.0022
OpenAlexW1997150699
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas9

This article introduces the topic of pandillas (street gangs) and their implications for security in Central America. There is minimal scholarly literature on pandillas and security. In part this is due to serious challenges in analyzing pandillas. First, pandilla members consider truth to be situational; data derived directly from them is suspect. Second, those who know most about them are involved in NGOs that rely on foreign assistance for their work. The project reports they produce go to funders abroad and are generally not published. Third, to research and write on pandillas is dangerous

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