Real gangstas : legitimacy, reputation, and violence in the intergang environment /

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Real Gangstas relies on the tradition of urban ethnography to provide a unique and intimate look at the lives of street gang members in Indianapolis, IN. For eighteen months, Timothy R. Lauger interviewed and observed a mix of fifty-five gang members, former gang members, and non-gang street offende...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Lauger, Timothy R.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2011.
Collection:Critical issues in crime and society.
Sujets:
Gangs > United States.
Gang members > United States.
Youth and violence > United States.
Gangs > États-Unis.
Gangsters > États-Unis.
Violence chez les jeunes > États-Unis.
TRUE CRIME > Organized Crime.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Gang members
Gangs
Youth and violence
United States
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Gangs and their environments
  • Joining a gang
  • The dilution narrative
  • The paradox of legitimacy
  • Known in Naptown
  • Teenage gossip and the presentation of self
  • The violent encounter
  • Hope, intervention, and tragedy.

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