Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence

ISBN-13: 9780521565660 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 320 str.

Steve Decker; Scott Decker; Barrik Van Winkle

Opis

This study is based on three years of field work with ninety-nine active gang members and twenty-four family members. The book describes the attractiveness of gangs, the process of joining, their chaotic and loose organization, and their members' predominant activities--mostly hanging out, drinking, and using drugs--and their rather slapdash involvement in major property crime and drug traffic. Extensive interviews with family members provide groundbreaking insights into the gang members' lives, and the story is told largely in the gang members' own words.

Recenzje

"...the authors make effective use of direct quotes from subjects as well as limited bar charts to present distributions of characteristics of the youth and their beliefs" Choice

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. 'Are you claiming?': methods of study; 3. 'I'm down with the Bloods, what's up cuz?': individual issues; 4. 'We ain't no worldwide thing or nothing': group membership issues; 5. 'Where you hanging?': minor crime and gang members; 6. 'I love to bang': serious crime by gang members; 7. Gang members and social institutions; 8. Gang members and their families; 9. Responding to gangs: theory and policy; References.