A Rainbow of Gangs : : Street Cultures in the Mega-City / / James Diego Vigil.
With nearly 1,000 gangs and 200,000 gang members, Los Angeles holds the dubious distinction of being the youth gang capital of the United States. The process of street socialization that leads to gang membership now cuts across all ethnic groups, as evidenced by the growing numbers of gangs among re...
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2013] ©2002 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
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