Gothic Sovereignty: Gangs and Criminal Community in a Honduran Prison

Jon Horne Carter

doi:10.1215/00382876-2692155

Gothic Sovereignty: Gangs and Criminal Community in a Honduran Prison

Jon Horne Carter

Appalachian State University

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Original language	American English
Journal	South Atlantic Quarterly
Volume	113
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-2692155
State	Published - Jul 1 2014

Disciplines

Criminology
Anthropology
Sociology

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