The paper analyzes the social construction of youth violence in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and El Salvador on the one hand … constructing youth violence and juvenile delinquency. Also, each country has its own manner of reaction to those problems. In El … protect citizens against that threat. In Nicaragua and Costa Rica, where the social discourse on youth violence is less …

contemporary Central American violence, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua present important test cases, demonstrating the need … to differentiate the diagnosis. First, national discourses on violence differ from country to country, with varying … the mara paradigm, the perception of grand corruption, and gender-based violence tied to cross-national, national or sub …

argumentation, these crime statistics do not provide evidence of the oft-proclaimed rising crime wave. -- Costa Rica ; violence …Der costaricanische öffentliche Diskurs über Gewalt und Kriminalität stützt sich wesent-lich auf die Prämisse, dass die … historische Entwicklung und ihren Gebrauch im Diskurs über Gewalt und Kriminalität in Costa Rica anhand kriminologischer Theorie …

social segregation. Focusing on Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, the paper analyzes the social perception of violence … in the three countries, the paper points out how elite arguments on violence and crime are translated into everyday life … hegemonic discourses on violence and crime in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Simultaneously, a majority of the …