Mexican American Girls and Gang Violence - Beyond Risk

Zusatztext 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 Informationen zum Autor Avelardo Valdez is a Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Houston, USA. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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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

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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

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• Authors: A Valdez, A. Valdez, Avelardo Valdez
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2009
• EAN: 9780230615557
• ISBN: 978-0-230-61555-7
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Criminology, Political Sociology, Political Theory, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Ethnicity, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Political science and theory, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Ethnicity Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Delinquency;drugs;gang;violence