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Mexican American girls and gang violence : beyond risk / Avelardo Valdez.
Van Pelt Library HV6439.U7 S258 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Valdez, Avelardo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gangs--Texas--San Antonio.
- Gangs.
- Female gangs--Texas--San Antonio.
- Female gangs.
- Mexican American women--Texas--San Antonio.
- Mexican American women.
- Female juvenile delinquents--Texas--San Antonio.
- Female juvenile delinquents.
- Family violence--Texas--San Antonio.
- Family violence.
- Texas--San Antonio.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 209 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Contents:
- Chapter 2 Life and Gangs on the West Side 15
- Chapter 3 The Research Process: Acquiring Access, Maintaining Visibility, and Establishing Rapport 45
- Chapter 4 Families in a Dangerous Community 59
- Chapter 5 Risk Behaviors: Delinquency, Violence, Substance Use, and Sexual Relations 83
- Chapter 6 Sexual and Physical Violent Victimization 109
- Chapter 7 The Situational Context of Dating Violence 135
- Chapter 8 Explaining Intimate-Partner Violence: Family, Drugs, and Psychosocial Factors 155.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-204) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403967229
- OCLC:
- 68694457
- Publisher Number:
- 9781403967220
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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