The gang paradox : inequalities and miracles on the U.S.-Mexico border /
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.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Studies in transgression.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 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
- How youth of Mexican descent encounter criminalization
- The role and conflicts in law enforcement
- Participatory action research teams at a minority serving institution
- Empirical miracles and where do we go from here?
- Conclusion.
