A Rainbow of Gangs - James Diego Vigil

A Rainbow of Gangs

Street Cultures in the Mega-City
Buch | Softcover
231 Seiten
2023
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-1-4773-2705-0 (ISBN)
22,40 inkl. MwSt
Winner, Best Book on Ethnic and Racial Politics in a Local or Urban Setting , Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics of the American Political Science Association, 2002

This cross-cultural study of Los Angeles gangs identifies the social and economic factors that lead to gang membership and underscores their commonality across four ethnic groups--Chicano, African American, Vietnamese, and Salvadorian.

With nearly 1,000 gangs and 200,000 gang members, Los Angeles holds the dubious distinction of being the youth gang capital of the United States. The process of street socialization that leads to gang membership now cuts across all ethnic groups, as evidenced by the growing numbers of gangs among recent immigrants from Asia and Latin America.

This cross-cultural study of Los Angeles gangs identifies the social and economic factors that lead to gang membership and underscores their commonality across four ethnic groups—Chicano, African American, Vietnamese, and Salvadorian. James Diego Vigil begins at the community level, examining how destabilizing forces and marginalizing changes have disrupted the normal structures of parenting, schooling, and policing, thereby compelling many youths to grow up on the streets. He then turns to gang members' life stories to show how societal forces play out in individual lives. His findings provide a wealth of comparative data for scholars, policymakers, and law enforcement personnel seeking to respond to the complex problems associated with gangs.

James Diego Vigil is Professor of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine.

Foreword by Joan Moore
Preface

1. Introduction
2. Looking at Gangs Cross-Culturally
3. Mexican Americans in the Barrios of Los Angeles
4. "I Just Wanted to Act Loco": Puppet's Story
5. Blacks in Los Angeles: From Central Avenue to South Central Los Angeles
6. "I Noticed the Problem but Never Had the Cure": Mookie's Story
7. Vietnamese in Southern California
8. "You Couldn't Hang by Yourself": Huc's Story
9. Salvadorans in Los Angeles: The Pico-Union Area
10. "Where Is My Father?": Arturo's Story
11. Charting a New Future for Urban Youth

Notes
References
Index
 

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Austin, TX
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 454 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-4773-2705-3 / 1477327053
ISBN-13 978-1-4773-2705-0 / 9781477327050
Zustand Neuware
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