Author: Ronald B. TyePublisher:
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Category : Gangs
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Mexican American Family Dynamics
A Theoretical Analysis of Mexican American Family Dynamics Associated with Barrio Street Gangs
Author: Ronald B. TyeA Theoretical Analysis of Mexican American Family Dynamics Associated with Barrio Street Gangs
Author: Ronald B. TyeBarrio Gangs
Author: James Diego VigilPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292786778
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Within the Mexican American barrios of Los Angeles, gang activity, including crime and violent acts, has grown and flourished. In the past, community leaders and law enforcement officials have approached the problem, not as something that needs to be understood, but only as something to be gotten rid of. Rejecting that approach, James D. Vigil asserts that only by understanding the complex factors that give birth and persistence to gangs can gang violence be ended. Drawing on many years of experience in the barrios as a youth worker, high school teacher, and researcher, Vigil identifies the elements from which gangs spring: isolation from the dominant culture, poverty, family stress and crowded households, peer pressure, and the adolescent struggle for self-identity. Using interviews with actual gang members, he reveals how the gang often functions as parent, school, and law enforcement in the absence of other role models in the gang members' lives. And he accounts for the longevity of gangs, sometimes over decades, by showing how they offer barrio youth a sense of identity and belonging nowhere else available.
The Projects
Author: James Diego VigilPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292717318
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
2008 — ALLA Prize for Best Book on Latina/o Anthropology The Pico Gardens housing development in East Los Angeles has a high percentage of resident families with a history of persistent poverty, gang involvement, and crime. In some families, members of three generations have belonged to gangs. Many other Pico Gardens families, however, have managed to avoid the cycle of gang involvement. In this work, Vigil adds to the tradition of poverty research and elaborates on the association of family dynamics and gang membership. The main objective of his research was to discover what factors make some families more vulnerable to gang membership, and why gang resistance was evidenced in similarly situated non-gang-involved families. Providing rich, in-depth interviews and observations, Vigil examines the wide variations in income and social capital that exist among the ostensibly poor, mostly Mexican American residents. Vigil documents how families connect and interact with social agencies in greater East Los Angeles to help chart the routines and rhythms of the lives of public housing residents. He presents family life histories to augment and provide texture to the quantitative information. By studying life in Pico Gardens, Vigil feels we can better understand how human agency interacts with structural factors to produce the reality that families living in all public housing developments must contend with daily.
Bibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies
Author: Benson Latin American CollectionPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Chicanos: a Checklist of Current Materials
Author: The Gang Paradox
Author: Robert J. DuránPublisher: Studies in Transgression
ISBN: 9780231181075
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Robert J. Durán analyzes the impact of deportation, incarceration, and racialized perceptions of criminality on Latino families and youth along the U.S.-Mexico border. He finds significantly less gang membership and activity than common fearmongering claims would have us believe.
Latinos in the United States
Author: Joan NordquistPublisher: Reference & Research Services
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Selected Recent Acquisitions
Author: Stanford University. Libraries. Mexican American Research CollectionsPublisher:
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Category : Mexican Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description