Transnational gangs: territorial overflows
The transnational gang phenomenon in the United States and Central America has become a major concern to national security. Once considering gangs as a threat to national security, instead of treating it as a matter of public security, governments rationalize and justify militarization of society. S...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios Latinoamericanos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/72809 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rel/article/view/72809 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | violence youth transnational gangs social violence. violencia jóvenes pandillas transnacionales violencia social. violência jovens gangues transnacionais violência social. |
| Sumario: | The transnational gang phenomenon in the United States and Central America has become a major concern to national security. Once considering gangs as a threat to national security, instead of treating it as a matter of public security, governments rationalize and justify militarization of society. So, they begin a process of making gangs enemies of society and they treat gang members like second class citizens. Thus, war against gangs becomes a war against terrorism and drugs traffic. The current situation in El Salvador looks bleak, as homicides have reached the levels of the 1990s. The goal of this article is to show how this purely criminalizing view has made our youth uncounted and has broaden the believe that they are only “criminals”. |
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