Pandillas and Security in Central America
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Bruneau, Thomas C.
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2014
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Abstract
This article introduces the topic of pandillas (street gangs) and their implications
for security in Central America. There is minimal scholarly literature on
pandillas and security. In part this is due to serious challenges in analyzing pandillas.
First, pandilla members consider truth to be situational; data derived directly from
them is suspect. Second, those who know most about them are involved in NGOs that
rely on foreign assistance for their work. The project reports they produce go to funders
abroad and are generally not published. Third, to research and write on pandillas is
dangerous.
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Latin American Research Review, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2014.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.