Resource type
Date created
2013
Authors/Contributors
Author: Rodgers, Dennis
Abstract
This paper explores various ways in which gang members in post-conflict Nicaragua have internalized and put into practice a range of violent behaviour patterns over the past two decades. It shows how different types of gang violence can be related to distinct forms of socialization, tracing how these particular articulations have changed over time, often for very contingent reasons. As such, the paper highlights the need to conceive the socialization of violence within gangs as a dynamic and contextualized process, and suggests drawing on the notion of “repertoire” as a means of meaningfully representing this.
Document
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Dennis Rodgers homepage: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/dennisrodgers/
Identifier
ISSN 1922-5725
Published as
Rodgers, Dennis, Broderes in Arms: Gangs and the Socialization of Violence in Post-conflict Nicaragua, Simons Papers in Security and Development, No. 31/2013, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, December 2013.
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Peer reviewed?
Yes
Language
English
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