The violent gang and the construction of masculinity amongst socially excluded young men

Safer Communities

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 179-190

  Baird, Adam ^a  

^a Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development at University for Peace   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Colombia; Gangs; Gender; Habitus; Masculinity; Social groups; Urban communities; Urban violence; Violence; Violence prevention; Youth; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873173289     PISSN: 17578043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17578041211271445     Document Type: Article

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