Real Gangstas : : Legitimacy, Reputation, and Violence in the Intergang Environment / / Timothy R. Lauger.
Street gangs are a major concern for residents in many inner-city communities. However, gangs’ secretive and, at times, delinquent tendencies limit most people’s exposure to the realities of gang life. Based on eighteen months of qualitative research on the streets of Indianapolis, Real Gangstas pro...
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Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 2 figures, 1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Gangs and Their Environments
- Chapter 2. Joining a Gang
- Chapter 3. The Dilution Narrative: An Understanding That Some Gang Members Are Not “Real”
- Chapter 4. The Paradox of Legitimacy
- Chapter 5. Known in Naptown
- Chapter 6. Teenage Gossip and the Presentation of Self
- Chapter 7. The Violent Encounter
- Chapter 8. Hope, Intervention, and Tragedy
- Appendix: Researching Gangs
- Notes
- References
- Index