Drugs, Gangs, and Violence

• Main Authors: Rosen, Jonathan D. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kassab, Hanna Samir (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Security, International.; Latin America-Politics and government.; Comparative politics.; Globalization.; Emigration and immigration.; International Security Studies.; Latin American Politics.; Comparative Politics.; Migration.

This book examines the nature of transnational organized crime and gangs, and how these diverse organizations contribute to violence, especially in so-called fragile states across Central and Latin America. While the nature of organized crime and violence differs depending on the context, the author...