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Responses to gang violence in Bermuda: understanding identity through crime talk
Published 2023“…<p>This thesis explores whether gang violence has disrupted Bermudian conceptions of identity, and questions whether public reflection on crime can transform social relations. …”
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Providing healthcare under the threat of gang-violence: a survey of Haitian healthcare providers
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Gang violence, GBV and hate crime in Central America: State response versus state responsibility
Published 2019“…Significant displacement is caused in Central America by gang violence, gender-based violence and hate crimes against LGBT+ people but State responses have failed to address their root causes. …”
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Order and insecurity under the mara: violence, coping, and community in Guatemala City
Published 2015“…They speak of a heightening of danger in their lives brought about by the decline of certain local norms and mechanisms that had previously moderated gang violence and bolstered community resilience.</p> <p>Local narratives of insecurity and decline illuminate when, how, and why violence disrupts and disorders social life. …”
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Formations of death: instrumentality, cult innovation, and the Templo Santa Muerte in Los Angeles
Published 2014“…Although Santa Muerte has been condemned by the Catholic clergy and vilified in mass media and popular culture for its ties to crime and gang violence, my fieldwork at the Templo Santa Muerte demonstrates that not all devotees of Santa Muerte can be characterized in this way. …”
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