Mexican American Girls and Gang Violence

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-14

3. Life and Gangs on the West Side

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   Pages 15-43

4. The Research Process: Acquiring Access, Maintaining Visibility, and Establishing Rapport

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   Pages 45-57

5. Families in a Dangerous Community

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   Pages 59-82

6. Risk Behaviors: Delinquency, Violence, Substance Use, and Sexual Relations

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   Pages 83-108

7. Sexual and Physical Violent Victimization

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   Pages 109-133

8. The Situational Context of Dating Violence

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   Pages 135-154

9. Explaining Intimate-Partner Violence: Family, Drugs, and Psychosocial Factors

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   Pages 155-174

10. Conclusion

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    Pages 175-181

11. Back Matter

    Pages 183-209

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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.

• Delinquency
• drugs
• gang
• violence

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

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

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