The gang paradox : inequalities and miracles on the U.S.-Mexico border /

Robert J. Durán analyzes the impact of deportation, incarceration, and racialized perceptions of criminality on Latino families and youth along the U.S.-Mexico border. He finds significantly less gang membership and activity than common fearmongering claims would have us believe.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Durán, Robert J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Colección:Studies in transgression.
Temas:
Gangs > Mexican-American Border Region.
Crime > Mexican-American Border Region.
Youth > Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions.
Jeunesse > Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime.
Gangs.
Social conditions.
Youth > Social conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Conditions sociales.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The context for the origination of gangs: double colonization
  • The formation of gangs in El Chuco
  • Moral panics under a research microscope: the organizational scene prior to arrival
  • How youth of Mexican descent encounter criminalization
  • The role and conflicts in law enforcement
  • Participatory action research teams at a minority serving institution
  • Empirical miracles and where do we go from here?
  • Conclusion.

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