Author: Ronald B. TyePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gangs
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Theoretical Analysis of Mexican American Family Dynamics Associated with Barrio Street Gangs
Author: Ronald B. TyeBibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies
Author: Benson Latin American CollectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Chicanos: a Checklist of Current Materials
Author: 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:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
American Doctoral Dissertations
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertation abstracts
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Comprehensive Dissertation Index
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Barrio 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 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.
Mexican Americans in a Dallas Barrio
Author: Shirley AchorPublisher:
ISBN: 9780816538782
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description