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The mounting threat of domestic terrorism : al Qaeda and the Salvadoran gang MS-13 / Cynthia L. Starita.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Starita, Cynthia L., 1967-
- Series:
- Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
- Criminal justice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Domestic terrorism--United States.
- Domestic terrorism.
- Terrorists--United States.
- Terrorists.
- MS-13 (Gang).
- Qaida (Organization).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Starita considers the terrorist threat of the transnational criminal syndicate Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, its affiliation with Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) in El Salvador, and its possible link to al Qaeda. Starita's findings suggest that the goals, tactical capabilities, and organizational fecklessness of MS-13 make the Salvadoran gang capable of providing the assistance necessary for the realization of al Qaeda's goals and that this assistance could be provided by the cliques of MS-13 operating in the southwestern United States. Further, she finds
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Purpose, Format, and Limitations of the Study; 2 Operational Definitions: Gangs, Criminal Syndicalism,and Organized Crime in the New Millennium; 3 The Criminal Syndicate Mara Salvatrucha: Origins,Expansion, Structure, and Modus Operandi; 4 Organizational Evolution and Evidence of MS-13'sCollusion with al Qaeda; 5 MS-13's Tactics: Interviews, Snowball Research,and Findings; 6 MS-13's Strategy: Summary and Conclusions; 7 Beyond Street Level: Recommendations for Policy,Practice, and Further Research; Appendix A: Map of "The Route"
- Appendix B: IRB Application FormAppendix C: IRB Approval Letter; Appendix D: Survey Instrument; Appendix E: Informed Consent Document; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-59332-573-8
- OCLC:
- 732955794
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