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Mexican American Girls and Gang Violence : Beyond Risk.
Title:
Mexican American Girls and Gang Violence : Beyond Risk.
Author:
Valdez, A.
ISBN:
9780230601833
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (228 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables and Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Life and Gangs on the West Side -- Chapter 3 The Research Process: Acquiring Access, Maintaining Visibility, and Establishing Rapport -- Chapter 4 Families in a Dangerous Community -- Chapter 5 Risk Behaviors: Delinquency, Violence, Substance Use, and Sexual Relations -- Chapter 6 Sexual and Physical Violent Victimization -- Chapter 7 The Situational Context of Dating Violence -- Chapter 8 Explaining Intimate-Partner Violence: Family, Drugs, and Psychosocial Factors -- Chapter 9 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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