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Street gangs, migration and ethnicity /

This book is the third publication from the Eurogang Network, a cross-national collaboration of researchers (from both North America and Europe) devoted to comparative and multi-national research on youth gangs. It provides a unique insight into the influence of migration on local gang formation and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gemert, Frank van, 1958-, Peterson, Dana, Lien, Inger-Lise
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cullompton, UK ; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Migrant groups and gang activity : a contrast between Europe and the USA / Frank van Gemert and Scott Decker
  • Dangers and problems of doing 'gang' research in the UK / Judith Aldridge, Juanjo Medina and Robert Ralphs
  • Mexican migrants in gangs : a second-generation history / James Diego Vigil
  • Latin kings in Barcelona / Carles Feixa [and others]
  • Gangs, migration and conflict : Thrasher's theme in the Netherlands / Frank van Gemert and Jantien Stuifbergen
  • Origins and development of racist skinheads in Moscow / Alexander Shashkin
  • The role of race and ethnicity in gang membership / Finn-Aage Esbensen [and others]
  • Weapons are for wimps : the social dynamics of ethnicity and violence in Australian gangs / Rob White
  • Ethincity and juvenile street gangs in France / Coralie Fiori-Khayat
  • Migration background, group affiliation, and delinquency among endangered youths in a south-west German city / Hans-Jürgen Kerner [and others]
  • Respect, friendship, and racial injustice : justifying gang membership in a Canadian city / Scot Wortley and Julian Tanner
  • An interactive construction of gangs and ethnicity : the role of school segregation in France / Eric Debarbieux and Catherine Blaya
  • 'Nemesis' and the Achilles heel of Pakistani gangs in Norway / Inger-Lise Lien
  • Wolves and sheepdogs : on migration, ethnic relations and gang-police interaction in Sweden / Micael Björk
  • Concluding remarks : the roles of migration and ethnicity in street gang formation, involvement and response / Dana Peterson, Inger-Lise Lien and Frank van Gemert.