UID:
almafu_9960119200102883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 303 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-17473-8
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in criminology
Content:
This study is based on three years of field work with 99 active gang members and 24 family members. The book describes the attractiveness of gangs, the process of joining, their chaotic and loose organisation, and their members' predominant activities - mostly hanging out, drinking, and using drugs. The authors also discuss gang members' rather slapdash involvement in major property crime and their disorganised participation in drug traffic, as well as the often fatal consequences of their violent life-style. Although the book focuses on the individual, organisational, and institutional aspects of gang membership, it also explores gang members' involvement with other school and neighborhood structures. Extensive interviews with family members provide groundbreaking insights into the gang members' lives. As much as possible, however, the story is told in the gang members' own words.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 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 -- Notes -- References -- Index of Gang Members, Relatives, and Ex-Members -- Subject Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-56566-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-56292-9
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139174732
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