This article presents an analysis, based on official statistics, of the failure of the repressive and super-repressive policies («mano dura » and «super mano dura») applied in El Salvador during rhe last three years as an instrumenr to fight crime and control juvenile gangs. At the same time, it focuses on the main backlash effects these policies have had on the security and the violence in that country. On the one hand, the text highlights the complex transformations undergone by the gangs as a response to persecution by the state. On the other, the article analyzes the increase of violence and the emergence of new forms of crime as an effect of «manodurismo» policies.El presente artículo se ocupa de analizar y mostrar a la luz de las prop...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-59)El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have some of th...
The problem of violence has been a historical phenomenon faced by Latin American and Central America...
Gangs, as such, are a contemporary phenomenon, with only a few years of history, appearing virulentl...
El presente artículo se ocupa de analizar y mostrar a la luz de las propias estadísticas oficiales ...
Despite the end of the civil war and the democratic transition, El Salvador remains one of the most ...
Although it is increasingly recognised that violence, crime, and associated fear are challenging dem...
In this article, the phenomenon of gangs or maras in El Salvador in the light of the legacies and th...
This article examines some of the main effects of the implementation of anti-maras policies in El Sa...
El propósito fundamental del artículo es mostrar que los elevados niveles de la violencia común y de...
Latin America is one of the regions with greater levels of criminality in the world. One of the reac...
The article analyzes the relationship between the gangs, the daily violence, and the marginalization...
In this qualitative study, based on semi-structured interviews with experts from non-govern-mental o...
26 years after the peace agreements that put an end to the armed conflict, El Salvador continues bei...
This article reflects on the challenges that governments face in dealing with illicit armed groups t...
Violence is a complex multicausal problem that is part ofour everyday life. Its expressions affect s...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-59)El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have some of th...
The problem of violence has been a historical phenomenon faced by Latin American and Central America...
Gangs, as such, are a contemporary phenomenon, with only a few years of history, appearing virulentl...
El presente artículo se ocupa de analizar y mostrar a la luz de las propias estadísticas oficiales ...
Despite the end of the civil war and the democratic transition, El Salvador remains one of the most ...
Although it is increasingly recognised that violence, crime, and associated fear are challenging dem...
In this article, the phenomenon of gangs or maras in El Salvador in the light of the legacies and th...
This article examines some of the main effects of the implementation of anti-maras policies in El Sa...
El propósito fundamental del artículo es mostrar que los elevados niveles de la violencia común y de...
Latin America is one of the regions with greater levels of criminality in the world. One of the reac...
The article analyzes the relationship between the gangs, the daily violence, and the marginalization...
In this qualitative study, based on semi-structured interviews with experts from non-govern-mental o...
26 years after the peace agreements that put an end to the armed conflict, El Salvador continues bei...
This article reflects on the challenges that governments face in dealing with illicit armed groups t...
Violence is a complex multicausal problem that is part ofour everyday life. Its expressions affect s...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-59)El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have some of th...
The problem of violence has been a historical phenomenon faced by Latin American and Central America...
Gangs, as such, are a contemporary phenomenon, with only a few years of history, appearing virulentl...