Sexual Homicide of Women on the U.S.-Mexican Border

This volume focuses on the specific relationship between the institutional impunity, lack of public safety and public space in failing to prevent organized sexual murder. The murder of women on the U.S.-Mexican border is a complex phenomenon with multiple geographic, economic, political, sociological, and psychological causes.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Impunity & Sexual Assassination in Ciudad Juárez: Exclusion, Cruising, Collusion.- Chapter 2. "Dangerous Streets": Sexual Assassination, Impunity & Industrial Zones in Ciudad Juárez.- Chapter 3. Chapter 3: Disappearances as Forced Abductions in Ciudad Juárez.- Chapter 4. Conclusion.

About the author

Sara Schatz is a criminology expert currently affiliated with Ohio State University, as an assistant professor for Latin American Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology at UCLA, an M.A. in Latin American Studies from UC Berkeley, and an M.A. in International Development from UCLA. Her research specializes in the political and legal situation in Mexico.

Summary

This volume focuses on the specific relationship between the institutional impunity, lack of public safety and public space in failing to prevent organized sexual murder. The murder of women on the U.S.-Mexican border is a complex phenomenon with multiple geographic, economic, political, sociological, and psychological causes.

Product details

• Authors: Sara Schatz
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9789402409376
• ISBN: 978-94-0-240937-6
• No. of pages: 166
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 455 g
• Illustrations: XX, 166 p. 24 illus., 21 illus. in color.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology; SpringerBriefs in Sociology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Sociology, Political Science, Criminology, biotechnology, Social Sciences, Political science & theory, Sociology, general, Crime & criminology, Human Geography, Psychology of gender, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Sexual psychology, Sexual Behavior, Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology: sexual behaviour