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Acculturative Stress And Gang Involvement Among Latinos: U.S.-Born Versus Immigrant Youth, Alice N. Barrett

Psychology Honors Theses

Quantitative and qualitative data from the 2002 Latino Adolescent Transition Study were used to explore differences in acculturative stress and gang involvement between foreign-born and U.S.-born Latino middle school students. Regression analyses showed significant interactions between discrimination stress and immigration status as well as adaptation stress and immigration status. U.S.-born youths were significantly more likely to be gang-involved if they experienced discrimination stress. They were also less likely to be gang-involved if they experienced high adaptation stress. A minority of primarily foreign-born youths identified economic inequality and prejudicial attitudes as factors that differentiated them from Americans. Those reporting economic inequality …

The Cowl - V. 75 - N. 12 - Dec 9, 2010

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 75 - Number 12 - December 9, 20100. 36 pages.

Leaked Diplomatic Cables Show Strong Concerns About President Felipe Calderã³N’S Campaign Against Drug-Trafficking Organizations, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

Ecuadoran Government Attempts To Reform Autonomous And Corrupt Police, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

International Security Strategy And Global Population Aging, Christian Leuprecht

Journal of Strategic Security

To be successful, grand strategy requires objectives, concepts, and resources to be balanced appropriately with a view to defeating one’s enemy. The trouble is, of course, that Generals are always well prepared to fight the last war. In the words of Yogi Berra, predictions are always difficult, especially when they involve the future. Yet, grand strategy is all about the future. But how is one to strategize about a future that is inherently difficult to predict? One way to overcome this conundrum is to rely on independent variables that can be projected into the future with reasonable accuracy. Aside from …

Beyond The Shackles And Chains Of The Middle Passage: Human Trafficking Unveiled., Enrique A. Maciel-Matos

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

For the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) to truly meet its twin aims of the prosecution of traffickers and the protection of victims, it must be reformed. The current overemphasis on the prosecution of traffickers renders the TVPA an ineffective tool for providing aid to victims of human trafficking. Trusting law enforcement officers to identify victims without proper training may lead to victims of more severe trafficking being denied benefits. Further, by providing benefits only to those who agree to cooperate with law enforcement, the TVPA denies assistance and protection to those who may be too scared or traumatized to …

How Widespread Is Oil And Electricity Theft In Latin America?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Last month, a ruptured pipeline in northern Colombia spilled 20,000 gallons of fuel into the Caribbean Sea and created a localized environmental emergency. Authorities allege that the spill was caused by a failed criminal attempt to siphon oil from the pipeline. How big of a problem is the theft of oil, fuels and electricity in Latin American and Caribbean countries? In which countries is the situation most critical? What types of entities are behind the theft, and what policies and practices should be implemented to stop this type of criminal activity?

Congress Approves 2011 Budget That Is 60 Billion Pesos Above President Felipe Calderã³N'S Request, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

U.S. Midterm Elections Have Implications For Mexico, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

November 3, 2010 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

South American Defense Council: What It Means For Regional Security?, Johanna Mendelson-Forman

Western Hemisphere Security Analysis Center

The South American Defense Council (CSD), created in March 2009 as a military coordinating body of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) demonstrates a growing trend among Latin American countries to approach matters of regional security independent of the United States. The CSD also indicates a maturation of democratic civil military relations in a region once dominated by authoritarian military regimes. The CSD aims to facilitate the exchange of information about regional defense policies, promote collaboration for disaster relief, and promote civil-military engagement. In less than a year it is hardly a tested entity, but the presence of 12 …

Altered Landscape Or Arms Race? Making Sense Of Military Spending In South America, Bradley S. Porter

Western Hemisphere Security Analysis Center

In 2009, South American military spending reached a total of $51.8 billion, a fifty percent increased from 2000 expenditures. The five-year moving average of arms transfers to South America was 150 percent higher from 2005 to 2009 than figures for 2000 to 2004.[1] These figures and others have led some observers to conclude that Latin America is engaged in an arms race. Other reasons, however, account for Latin America’s large military expenditure. Among them:

• Several countries have undertaken long-prolonged modernization efforts, recently made possible by six years of consistent regional growth.[2]
• A generational shift is at hand. Armed …

Guatemalan Families Of Victims Of Tamaulipas Massacre Fight For Compensation, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

Drug Cartel In Michoacã¡N Busted For Illegal Exports Of Iron Ore To China, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

President Laura Chinchilla Faces Obstacles In Struggle Against Organized Crime, George Rodriguez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

Media Representation And Human Trafficking: How Anti-Trafficking Discourse Affects Trafficked Persons, Caroline S. Wallinger

Second Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking, 2010

Competing representations of human trafficking in the media and within the movement have contributed to a general confusion of public perceptions of human trafficking as a social phenomenon. Various activist and political groups have, over the years, divided, delineated and classified trafficking into a series of categories including sex trafficking, labor trafficking and child exploitation. These categories have become an integral part of the collective understanding of human trafficking and they have played a primary role in the crafting of national and international anti-trafficking legislation.

This paper stems from a master‘s thesis which analyzes the discourse on human trafficking, its …

A Revised Approach To Reducing Labor Abuses And Human Trafficking, Thomas Reuland

Second Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking, 2010

In this paper, I challenge current efforts to combat human trafficking. Trafficking is a problem that the law has difficulty preventing, in part, because of market forces. Moreover, the structure of many corporations responds to these market forces, implicates these enterprises in human trafficking, and encourages members of a company to remain complacent in the face of human rights abuses. As corporations strive to increase profit margins on each product they make, they demand low-cost labor and commodify the human beings who satisfy that demand. Meanwhile, branding provides a powerful tool that corporations use to prevent the consumer from recognizing …

What Are They Smoking?! Mexico's Decriminalization Of Small-Scale Drug Possession In The Wake Of A Law Enforcement Failure, Justin B. Shapiro

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Echo: October 1, 2010, Taylor University

2010-2011 (Volume 98)

Admissions launches ‘fly in/drive in’ – Homecoming draws alumni to campus – In Briefs – First wave of healthcare affects students – The water runs dry – The Bubble – Freshman shares summer globe-trotting story – Women join Afghanistan army ranks – On This Day in History – Around the World in 30 Seconds – Breaching the Bubble – Cycling chaos – The odd couple, revisited – Curt Ellis – X-Games – Christian Hipsters – Pure Absurdity – Ichthus Music Festival Review – Why I love the DC – Mailbox – Saying no to the Taylor experience – Sanitation Sanity …

The Mexican Revolution In The Eyes Of Katherine Anne Porter And Nellie Campobello, Emron Esplin

Faculty and Research Publications

The literature of the U.S. South has found new life in the burgeoning field of inter-American literary studies. Both the U.S. South's literatures and its histories have played key roles in the academic attempt to connect the literatures and histories of the United States to those of Latin America and the Caribbean from the groundbreaking work of Bell Gale Chevigny and Gari Laguardia's 1986 collection, Reinventing the Americas: Comparative Studies of Literature of the United States and Spanish America, through Gustavo Pérez Firmat's "invitation or come-on" to study American literatures side by side in his 1990 edited volume, Do the …

Mayors At The Forefront Of Drug Wars, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

The Colby Echo (September 22, 2010), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

Arizona Immigration Law, Extreme Border Violence Top Issues At 2010 Border Governors Conference In New Mexico, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

Massacre Of Central, South American Migrants, Murder Of Two Mayors Among Latest Twists In Mexico’S Violent Drug Wars, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

Criminal Fiefdoms In Latin America: Understanding The Problem Of Alternatively Governed Spaces, Hal Brands, Ph.D.

Western Hemisphere Security Analysis Center

No abstract provided.

Small States, Hegemony And The Security Dilemma: Panama's Quest For Autonomy In The 21st Century, Juan M. Pons

Open Access Dissertations

This study focused on how Panama as a small state defended and enhanced its national security within the sphere of influence of a hegemonic state. More specifically, it addressed the degree of state sovereignty and relative autonomy Panama had and how it adjusted to and dealt with hegemonic demands. To come to grips with the security issues and options presently confronted by Panama, first and foremost, required an understanding of Panama's history, economy, and society, and the region within which the country is located. Second, it was essential to understand U.S. interests in the Panama Canal, especially after the events …

Yakuza: The Warlords Of Japanese Organized Crime, Lt. Bruce A. Gragert

Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law

The power of the yakuza, Japan's legendary crime syndicates, reaches into all areas of Japan's economic life and politics. Composed of some 3,000 separate, tightly-knit gangs, with over 80,000 members, the yakuza survive despite Japan's 1992 Anti-gang law and other government measures. While the range of their traditional activities has been somewhat reduced, they have compensated by turning to more sophisticated types of crime and by expanding their operations abroad - mostly to Southeast Asia, parts of Latin America, and the U.S. Estimates of their annual income from criminal activities and their 25,000 legitimate "front" organizations run to as high …

President Felipe Calderã³N Offers To Launch Debate On Legalizing Drugs In Mexico, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

Region: U.S. Testing New Military-Intervention Strategies In Latin America, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Hondura's Stressed Social Fabric: Instability And Risks, The Whemsac Team, Applied Research Center

Western Hemisphere Security Analysis Center

No abstract provided.