Islands in the street: gangs and American urban society
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Main Author: Sánchez-Jankowski, Martín (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press ©1991
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-371) and index
Theory of gang behavior and persistence -- Gang involvement -- In the organization -- Gang business: making ends meet -- Anatomy of gang violence -- Gang and the community -- Gangs and governments -- Gangs, criminal justice, and public order -- Media and gangs: image construction and myth management
"Vivid, lively, and yet theoretically informed, a triumph of patient and sustained fieldwork. ... Jankowski presents the gang and its members not as pathological departures from social norms, but as shrewd and resourceful operators."--Michael Lipsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Islands in the Street fills a wide gap in the literature on gangs. Jankowski's innovative model of gang participation and organization is important and elegant, guaranteeing that this will be the book on gangs for the next ten years, if not longer."-Ruth Horowitz, University of Delaware
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 382 pages)
ISBN:0520072642
0520074343
0520911318
9780520072640
9780520074347
9780520911314

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