Gangs and Society : : Alternative Perspectives /

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

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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 commun...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.) :; 39 photos
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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

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