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Mexican American Girls and Gang Violence
Details
Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title. Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. Valdez focuses on Mexican-American females who are particularly vulnerable to violence victimization by virtue of the environmental, economic, and cultural factors.
Highly significant ... addressing how social and cultural factors are critical in understanding the etiology of intimate partner violence in this county's rapidly growing segment of the population. - Alberto Mata, University of Oklahoma
Autorentext
Avelardo Valdez is a Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Houston, USA.
Inhalt
Introduction Life and Gangs on the West Side The Research Process: Acquiring Access, Maintaining Visibility, and Establishing Rapport Families in a Dangerous Community Risk Behaviors: Delinquency, Violence, Substance Use, and Sexual Relations Sexual and Physical Violence Victimization The Situational Context of Dating Violence Explaining Partner Violence: Family, Drugs, and Psychosocial Factors Conclusion
Weitere Informationen
- Allgemeine Informationen
- GTIN 09780230615557
- Lesemotiv Auseinandersetzen
- Genre Business, Finance & Law
- Auflage 2007
- Sprache Englisch
- Anzahl Seiten 228
- Herausgeber Palgrave Macmillan US
- Gewicht 293g
- Größe H216mm x B140mm x T13mm
- Jahr 2009
- EAN 9780230615557
- Format Kartonierter Einband
- ISBN 0230615554
- Veröffentlichung 11.06.2009
- Titel Mexican American Girls and Gang Violence
- Autor A. Valdez
- Untertitel Beyond Risk