The gang paradox [electronic resource] : inequalities and miracles on the U.S.-Mexico border / Robert J. Durán.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Durán, Robert J. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Gangs > Mexican-American Border Region.
Crime > Mexican-American Border Region.
Youth > Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2018 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2018 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
The Gang Paradox: Inequalities and Miracles on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A revisionist history-- The context for the origination of gangs: double colonization
  • The formation of gangs in El Chuco
  • Moral panics under a research microscope: the organizational scene prior to arrival
  • An ethnographic foundation-- How youth of Mexican descent encounter criminalization
  • Contradictions in law enforcement--Participatory action research teams at a minority serving institution
  • Empirical miracles and where do we go from here?
  • Conclusion--Appendix I: Methods--Appendix 2: Development of ganga timeline in the New Mexico/Texas Region--Notes--References--Index.