This document represents part of the author's study programme while at the Institute of Social Studies; the views stated therein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Institute. Research papers and theses are not... more
This document represents part of the author's study programme while at the Institute of Social Studies; the views stated therein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Institute. Research papers and theses are not made available for outside circulation by the Institute.
Youth gangs proliferate in Guatemala and across the Americas; targeted by social cleansing campaigns and singularly conceived by society as violent aggressors, their purpose is ill-understood. Theirs is a society that has devised answers... more
Youth gangs proliferate in Guatemala and across the Americas; targeted by social cleansing campaigns and singularly conceived by society as violent aggressors, their purpose is ill-understood. Theirs is a society that has devised answers to social, economic and political exclusion endured on the outside. This research looks at the social, economic and political existence that awaits youth exiting the gang and shares the experience of an NGO working with ex-gang members. What is offered to the ex-gang member by the state, practitioners and donors?