Literacy and advocacy in adolescent family, gang, school, and juvenile court communities : "Crip 4 Life" /

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The goal of this book is to encourage educators and researchers to understand the complexities of adolescent gang members' lives to rethink their assumptions about these students in school. The objective is to situate four gang members as literate, caring students from loving families whose ide...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Smith, Debbie, 1955-, Whitmore, Kathryn F., 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2006.
Temas:
Gang members > Education > United States.
Gang members > United States > Case studies.
Gangs > United States.
Juvenile delinquents > United States > Case studies.
Literacy > United States.
Mexican American youth > Case studies.
Teacher-student relationships > United States > Case studies.
Gangsters > Éducation > États-Unis.
Gangsters > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Gangs > États-Unis.
Jeunes délinquants > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Jeunesse américaine d'origine mexicaine > Études de cas.
Gang members
Gangs
Juvenile delinquents
Literacy
Mexican American youth
Teacher-student relationships
United States
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introducing the characters : Lil Boy Blue, Smurf, Juice, Lil Garfield, and Debbie
  • Family community : mi familia
  • Gang community : "West up cuzz"
  • School community, part one (I) : "They don't want us here."
  • School community, part two (II) : "This is our school."
  • Juvenile court community : "In and out of juvie"
  • Images of gangs in the media and research literature
  • Living on the boundaries of school : advocacy and research
  • Literacy in communities of success and failure
  • Appendix A. Timeline
  • Appendix B. Family trees
  • Appendix C. Glossary of gang terminology as used by Lil Boy Blue, Smurf, Juice, and Lil Garfield
  • Appendix D. Smurf and Sad Boy's story.

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