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Life in the gang : family, friends and violence
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Based on three years of field work with 99 active gang members and 24 family members, this study describes the attractiveness of gangs, the process of joining, their chaotic and loose organisation,...
Based on three years of field work with 99 active gang members and 24 family members, this study describes the attractiveness of gangs, the process of joining, their chaotic and loose organisation, and their members' activities.
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- Creator
- Scott H. Decker, Barrik Van Winkle
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- English
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- Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996
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- xi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0521562929, 9780521565660, 9780521562928, 0521565669, 9781139174732
- OCLC
- ocm34517534
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-291) and indexes.
- Life in the gang: family, friends, and violence -- "Are you claiming?" Methods of study -- "I'm down with the Bloods, what's up cuz?" Membership issues -- "We ain't no worldwide thing or nothing": gang structure and relationships -- "Where you hanging? Let's go banging": what gang members do -- "I love to bang": serious crime by gang members -- "Doing time" in school and elsewhere: gang members and social institutions -- "My mom doesn't know": gang members and their families -- "There's only two ways to leave the gang, die or move": responding to gangs