A. Valdez

Mexican American Girls and Gang Violence (eBook, PDF)

Beyond Risk

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 211
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230601833
• Artikelnr.: 38164719

Autorenporträt

Avelardo Valdez is a Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Houston, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

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