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A contemporary challenge to state sovereignty : gangs and other illicit transnational criminal organizations in Central America, El Salvador, Mexico, Jamaica, and Brazil / Max G. Manwaring.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Manwaring, Max G.
- Series:
- Security issues in the Western Hemisphere
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Primeiro Comando da Capital.
- Gangs.
- Transnational crime.
- Organized crime.
- Political stability.
- Sovereignty.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 59 pages : digital, PDF file.
- Other Title:
- Gangs and other illicit transnational criminal organizations in Central America, El Salvador, Mexico, Jamaica, and Brazil
- Place of Publication:
- [Carlisle Barracks, PA] : [Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College], [2007]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: Internet from the STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE web site. Address as of 1/15/2008: http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB837.pdf; current access is available via PURL.
- Contents:
- Context: gangs as nonstate threats in the regional and global security arenas
- The gang phenomenon in Central America, El Salvador, and Mexico
- A hemispheric addendum: Jamaican posses (gangs), and the Brazilian Primeiro Comando da Capital
- Key points and lessons.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 15, 2008).
- "December 2007."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-59).
- OCLC:
- 190842737
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