Maras Transnacionales: Origins and Transformations of Central American Street Gangs

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 256-265

  Wolf, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 85044890565     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: 15424278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lar.0.0093     Document Type: Review

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