Gangs and Society: Alternative Perspectives
Edited by Louis Kontos, David C. Brotherton, and Luis Barrios
eISBN: 9780231507516
2003 (352 pages 39 photos)
Available PDF Downloads
 Complete Book Download
(pages 1-368)
Front Matter
(pages 1-16)
Table of Contents
(pages 5-6)
Introduction
(pages 7-16)
Part 1: THEORY AND METHODOLOGY
(pages 17-18)
1. A Note on Social Theory and the American Street Gang
(pages 19-27)
2. Toward a Typology of Contemporary Mexican American Youth Gangs
(pages 28-56)
3. The Negligible Role of Gangs in Drug Distribution in New York City in the 1990s
(pages 57-77)
4. Marginal Youth, Personal Identity, and the Contemporary Gang: Reconstructing the Social World?
(pages 78-90)
Part 2: GANGS AND POLITICS
(pages 91-92)
5. Gangs and the Contemporary Urban Struggle: An Unappreciated Aspect of Gangs
(pages 93-110)
6. Urban Street Activists: Gang and Community Efforts to Bring Peace and Justice to Los Angeles Neighborhoods
(pages 111-132)
Part 3: GANGS, AGENCY, AND AT-RISK YOUTH
(pages 133-134)
7. The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation and the Spiritualityof Resistance: Agency, Social Cohesion, and Liberating Rituals in the Making of a Street Organization
(pages 135-151)
8. Education in the Reform of Street Organizations in New York City
(pages 152-174)
Part 4: WOMEN AND GANGS
(pages 175-176)
9. Liberating Yet Limiting: The Paradox of Female Gang Membership
(pages 177-198)
10. Amor de Reina! The Pushes and Pulls of Group Membership Among the Latin Queens
(pages 199-226)
Part 5: GANGS AND SOCIAL CONTROL
(pages 227-228)
11. Gangs and the Law
(pages 229-243)
12. The Gang Crackdown in the Prisons of Massachusetts: Arbitrary and Harsh Treatment Can Only Make Matters Worse
(pages 244-268)
Part 6: GANGS AND PHOTOGRAPHY
(pages 269-368)
13. On the Subject of Gang Photography
(pages 271-298)
14. From Civil War to Gang War: The Tragedy of Edgar Bolanos
(pages 299-329)
15. Snapshots of a Movement: The New York Latin Kings and Queens 1996–99
(pages 330-352)
Contributors
(pages 353-356)
Index
(pages 357-368)
|
Gangs and Society: Alternative Perspectives
Compiled by three leading experts in the psychological, sociological, and criminal justice fields, this volume addresses timely questions from an eclectic range of positions. The product of a landmark conference on gangs, Gangs and Society brings together the work of academics, activists, and community leaders to examine the many functions and faces of gangs today. Analyzing the spread of gangs from New York to Texas to the West Coast, the book covers such topics as the spirituality of gangs, the place of women in gang culture, and the effect on gangs of a variety of educational programs and services for at-risk youth. The final chapter examines the "gang-photography phenomenon" by looking at the functions and politics of different approaches to gang photography and features a photographic essay by Donna DeCesare, an award-winning journalist.
See below for our purchase options for this e-book. Individual chapters with a BUY button can be purchased for only $5, and any chapter with a FREE button can be downloaded or viewed online at any time.
Table of Contents
Gangs and Society: Alternative Perspectives
Author(s):
Kontos, Louis, ed.; Brotherton, David C., ed.; Barrios, Luis, ed.
Keyword(s):
SW01; SW03; SW09; SW04; CSWO
|
