Gang Life in Two Cities - An Insider''s Journey

Informationen zum Autor Robert J. Duran is an associate professor of criminal justice at New Mexico State University. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado-Boulder and his research concerns modern-day racism and community resistance! from gang evolution and border surveillance to disproportionate minority contact and law enforcement shootings. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Researching Gangs as an Insider2. The War on Gangs in the Post-Civil Rights Era3. Racialized Oppression and the Emergence of Gangs4. Demonizing Gangs Through Religious Righteousness and Suppressed Activism5. Negotiating Membership for an Adaptation to Colonization: The Gang6. The Only Locotes Standing: The Persistence of Gang Ideals7. Barrio Empowerment as a Strategy for Transcending GangsConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Robert J. Duraan, Duran, Robert Duran, Robert J Duran, Robert J. Duran, Robert J. Durán
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2013
• EAN: 9780231158664
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15866-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, LAW / Criminal Law / Juvenile Offenders, Organized crime, United States of America, USA, Jurisprudence & general issues, Criminal law: procedure and offences