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Gangs and Society : Alternative Perspectives.
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of 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 AmericanYouth Gangs; 3. The Negligible Role of Gangs in Drug Distribution in New YorkCity 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 BringPeace and Justice to Los Angeles Neighborhoods.
- Part 3: GANGS, AGENCY, AND AT-RISK YOUTH7. The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation and the Spiritualityof Resistance: Agency, Social Cohesion, and Liberating Ritualsin 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 WorsePart 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 andQueens 1996-99; Contributors; Index.