Gangs and society : alternative perspectives /

This volume addresses timely questions from an eclectic range of positions and 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...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
مؤلفون آخرون: Kontos, Louis, Brotherton, David, Barrios, Luis
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: New York : Columbia University Press ©2003.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/kont12140
الوصف
الملخص:This volume addresses timely questions from an eclectic range of positions and 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.
وصف مادي:1 online resource (xvi, 352 pages) : illustrations
بيبلوغرافيا:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ردمك:0585471266
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