Sexual Homicide of Women on the U.S.-Mexican Border

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-94-024-0937-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 4426 g

This volume focuses on the specific relationship between the institutional impunity, lack of public safety and public space in failing to prevent organized sexual murder. The murder of women on the U.S.-Mexican border is a complex phenomenon with multiple geographic, economic, political, sociological, and psychological causes.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schatz, Sara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Impunity & Sexual Assassination in Ciudad Juárez: Exclusion, Cruising, Collusion.- Chapter 2. "Dangerous Streets": Sexual Assassination, Impunity & Industrial Zones in Ciudad Juárez.- Chapter 3. Chapter 3: Disappearances as Forced Abductions in Ciudad Juárez.- Chapter 4. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Sara Schatz is a criminology expert currently affiliated with Ohio State University, as an assistant professor for Latin American Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology at UCLA, an M.A. in Latin American Studies from UC Berkeley, and an M.A. in International Development from UCLA. Her research specializes in the political and legal situation in Mexico.