Mexican American Girls and Gang Violence - by A Valdez (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title. Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. Valdez focuses on Mexican-American females who are particularly vulnerable to violence victimization by virtue of the environmental, economic, and cultural factors.

Review Quotes

Highly significant ... addressing how social and cultural factors are critical in understanding the etiology of intimate partner violence in this county's rapidly growing segment of the population. - Alberto Mata, University of Oklahoma

About the Author

Avelardo Valdez is a Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Houston, USA.