The product of a conference on gangs, this text brings together the work of academics, activists and community leaders to examine gang organizations. Analysing the spread of gangs from New York to Texas to the west coast, the book covers such topics as women in gangs and the spirituality of gangs.
The product of a conference on gangs, this text brings together the work of academics, activists and community leaders to examine gang organizations. Analysing the spread of gangs from New York to Texas to the west coast, the book covers such topics as women in gangs and the spirituality of gangs.
Louis Kontos is an associate professor of sociology at Long Island University, C. W. Post campus. David C. Brotherton is an associate professor of sociology and criminal justice at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center. Luis Barrios is an assistant professor of psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. With David Brotherton, he co-authored Between Black and Gold: The Street Politics of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Columbia 2003).
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Introduction Theory and Methodology A Note on Social Theory and the American Street Gang, by Sudhir Venkatesh Gangs and Politics Toward a Typology of Contemporary Mexican American Youth Gangs, by Avelardo Valdez Gangs, Agency, and At-risk Youth The Negligible Role of Gangs in Drug Distribution in New York City in the 1990s, by Ric Curtis Women and Gangs Marginal Youth, Personal Identity, and the Contemporary Gang: Reconstructing the Social World?, by Kevin McDonald Gangs and Social Control Gangs and the Contemporary Urban Struggle: An Unappreciated Aspect of Gangs, by Albert DiChiara and Russell Chabot Gangs and Photography Urban Street Activists: Gang and Community Efforts to Bring Justice to Los Angeles Neighborhoods, by Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez 7. The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation and the Spirituality of Resistance: Agency Social Cohesion and Liberating Rituals in the Making of a Street Organization., by Luis Barrios 8. Education in the Reform of Street Organizations in New York City, by David Brotherton Liberating yet Limiting: The Paradox of Female Gang Membership, by Dana Nurge Amor de Reina! The Pushes and Pulls of Group Membership among the Latin Queens, by David Brotherton and Camila Salazar-Atias Gangs and the Law, by Loren Siegel The Gang Crackdown in the Prisons of Massachusetts: Arbitrary and Harsh Treatment Can Only Make Matters Worse, by Phillip Kassel On the Subject of Gang Photography, by Richard Rodriguez From Civil War to Gang War: The Tragedy of Edgar Bolanos, by Donna DeCesare Snapshots of a Movement: The New York Latin Kings and Queens 1996–99, by Steve Hart and David Brotherton
Introduction Theory and Methodology A Note on Social Theory and the American Street Gang, by Sudhir Venkatesh Gangs and Politics Toward a Typology of Contemporary Mexican American Youth Gangs, by Avelardo Valdez Gangs, Agency, and At-risk Youth The Negligible Role of Gangs in Drug Distribution in New York City in the 1990s, by Ric Curtis Women and Gangs Marginal Youth, Personal Identity, and the Contemporary Gang: Reconstructing the Social World?, by Kevin McDonald Gangs and Social Control Gangs and the Contemporary Urban Struggle: An Unappreciated Aspect of Gangs, by Albert DiChiara and Russell Chabot Gangs and Photography Urban Street Activists: Gang and Community Efforts to Bring Justice to Los Angeles Neighborhoods, by Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez 7. The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation and the Spirituality of Resistance: Agency Social Cohesion and Liberating Rituals in the Making of a Street Organization., by Luis Barrios 8. Education in the Reform of Street Organizations in New York City, by David Brotherton Liberating yet Limiting: The Paradox of Female Gang Membership, by Dana Nurge Amor de Reina! The Pushes and Pulls of Group Membership among the Latin Queens, by David Brotherton and Camila Salazar-Atias Gangs and the Law, by Loren Siegel The Gang Crackdown in the Prisons of Massachusetts: Arbitrary and Harsh Treatment Can Only Make Matters Worse, by Phillip Kassel On the Subject of Gang Photography, by Richard Rodriguez From Civil War to Gang War: The Tragedy of Edgar Bolanos, by Donna DeCesare Snapshots of a Movement: The New York Latin Kings and Queens 1996–99, by Steve Hart and David Brotherton
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