Before Crips : fussin', cussin', and discussin' among South Los Angeles juvenile gangs / John C. Quicker and Akil S. Batani-Khalfani.

"This book describes the rise, features, and behavior of street groups in mid-century South Los Angeles. It charts the influence of social factors on the changing culture of neighborhood street sets, describing their behaviors, customs, and values, as remembered by interviewees who were members of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Studies in transgression.
Main Authors: Quicker, John C. (John Charles), 1943- (Author)
Batani-Khalfani, Akil S., 1943- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022.
Series:Studies in transgression.
Subjects:
Gangs > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Gang members > California > Los Angeles > Interviews.
Juvenile delinquency > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Social conditions.
Gangsters > Californie > Los Angeles > Entretiens.
Délinquance juvénile > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Gang members.
Gangs.
Juvenile delinquency.
Social conditions.
California > Los Angeles.
1900-1999
History.
Interviews.
Genre:
Interviews.
Entretiens.
History.
Physical Description:xii, 445 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Insiders become outsiders : methodology
  • When the South came West
  • Assemblies of juveniles
  • The discovery of gangs in Los Angeles
  • Street group development : a storied evolution
  • Slaus Angeles, Villa Fornia 90001 : gang capital of the world
  • The big three : social class, gender, and race
  • Comin'-from-the-shoulders : ethics, weapons, fights, and violence
  • Malicious mopery on a public highway : crime and punishment
  • Unable to embrace the ideology : the rise of the Crips
  • Appendix : South Los Angeles sets and car clubs before 1965.