Santacruz Giralt, María Lizet <br/><br/>
Seconds in the air :  women gang-members and their Prisons / 
María Lizet Santacruz Giralt, Elin Cecilie Ranum; traducción Trace Dreyer 
 - 1a. ed. 
 - San Salvador:  IUDOP,  2010 
 - 385 p.;  21 cm.  
<br/><br/>BACKGROUND. Gangs in el salvador: expressions of generalized violence; Women, violence and victimization. METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS. Choice of techniques and creation of instruments; Procedure; Some respondent characteristics. LIFE BEFORE THE GANG: INITIAL PRISIONS. The family and relations within it; The Educational experience; Community relations. LIFE IN THE GANG: PRISION BY CHOICE. Reasons and processes for joining the gang; Initation rituals and experiences; Fathers, stepfather and partners: the role of men in the initiation to the gang; Responsabilities. Functions and discrimination in the gang; Participation in violent acts in the gang. LIFE IN THE PENITENTIARY: PRISON AS A SENTENCE. Evaluations on life in the gang: now in prison; Support while inside the prison; At a personal level: experiences and changes in prison; Needs inside and out of prison; Dreams and expectations: looking to the future.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-99923-813-5-9 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>MUJERES--CUESTIONES SOCIALES--EL SALVADOR<br/>MUJERES CRIMINALES--BÚSQUEDA--EL SALVADOR<br/>CRIMEN JUVENIL--EL SALVADOR <br/>VIOLENCIA --EL SALVADOR
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.36  / SA231