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How Gangs Work An Ethnography of Youth Violence /

Drawing on extensive interviews with gang members, this book provides a vivid portrayal of gang life. Topics include the profiles and motivations of gang members; the processes of gang evolution, organization, and recruitment; gang members' uses of violence, media, and technology and the role o...

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Main Author: Densley, J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:St Antony's Series,
Subjects:
Youth—Social life and customs.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Criminology.
Juvenile delinquents.
Anthropology.
Sociology, Urban.
Youth Culture.
Crime and Society.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137271518
Summary:Drawing on extensive interviews with gang members, this book provides a vivid portrayal of gang life. Topics include the profiles and motivations of gang members; the processes of gang evolution, organization, and recruitment; gang members' uses of violence, media, and technology and the role of gangs in the drugs trade and organized crime.
Physical Description:XII, 213 p. online resource.
ISBN:9781137271518
ISSN:2633-5964

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