Gangs and Society : : Alternative Perspectives / / ed. by Louis Kontos, Luis Barrios, David C. Brotherton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Barrios, Luis,; Brotherton, David C.,; Brotherton, David,; Chabot, Russell,; Curtis, Ric,; Decesare, Donna,; Dichiara, Albert,; Francisco, Juan,; Hart, Steve,; Kassel, Phillip,; Martínez, Esteva,; Mcdonald, Kevin,; Nurge, Dana,; Rodríguez, Richard,; Salazar-Atias, Camila,; Siegel, Loren,; Valdez, Avelardo,; Venkatesh, Sudhir,
• HerausgeberIn: Barrios, Luis,; Brotherton, David C.,; Kontos, Louis,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 39 photos

Compiled by three leading experts in the psychological, sociological, and criminal justice fields, this volume addresses timely questions from an eclectic range of positions. The product of a landmark conference on gangs, Gangs and Society brings together the work of academics, activists, and community leaders to examine the many functions and faces of gangs today. Analyzing the spread of gangs from New York to Texas to the West Coast, the book covers such topics as the spirituality of gangs, the place of women in gang culture, and the effect on gangs of a variety of educational programs and services for at-risk youth. The final chapter examines the "gang-photography phenomenon" by looking at the functions and politics of different approaches to gang photography and features a photographic essay by Donna DeCesare, an award-winning journalist.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART 1. THEORY AND METHODOLOGY -- 1. A Note on Social Theory and the American Street Gang -- 2. Toward a Typology of Contemporary Mexican American Youth Gangs -- 3. The Negligible Role of Gangs in Drug Distribution in New York City in the 1990s -- 4. Marginal Youth, Personal Identity, and the Contemporary Gang: Reconstructing the Social World? -- PART 2. GANGS AND POLITICS -- 5. Gangs and the Contemporary Urban Struggle: An Unappreciated Aspect of Gangs -- 6. Urban Street Activists: Gang and Community Efforts to Bring Peace and Justice to Los Angeles Neighborhoods -- PART 3. GANGS, AGENCY, AND AT-RISK YOUTH -- 7. The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation and the Spirituality of Resistance: Agency, Social Cohesion, and Liberating Rituals in the Making of a Street Organization -- 8. Education in the Reform of Street Organizations in New York City -- PART 4. WOMEN AND GANGS -- 9. Liberating Yet Limiting: The Paradox of Female Gang Membership -- 10. Amor de Reina! The Pushes and Pulls of Group Membership among the Latin Queens -- PART 5. GANGS AND SOCIAL CONTROL -- 11. Gangs and the Law -- 12. The Gang Crackdown in the Prisons of Massachusetts: Arbitrary and Harsh Treatment Can Only Make Matters Worse -- PART 6. GANGS AND PHOTOGRAPHY -- 13. On the Subject of Gang Photography -- 14. From Civil War to Gang War: The Tragedy of Edgar Bolanos -- 15. Snapshots of a Movement: The New York Latin Kings and Queens 1996-99 -- Contributors -- Index