Rainbow of Gangs Street Cultures in the Mega-City

Name: Rainbow of Gangs Street Cultures in the Mega-City
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ISBN: 9780292787490

ISBN-10: 0292787499

ISBN-13: 9780292787490

Edition: 2002

Authors: James Diego Vigil, James Diego Vigil

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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.

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 7/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 231
Size: 5.97" wide x 8.96" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

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



Foreword by Joan Moore


Preface


Introduction


Looking at Gangs Cross-Culturally Mexican Americans in the Barrios of Los Angeles


"I Just Wanted to Act Loco"


Puppet's Story Blacks in Los Angeles


From Central Avenue to South Central Los Angeles


"I Noticed the Problem but Never Had the Cure"


Mookie's Story Vietnamese in Southern California


"You Couldn't Hang by Yourself"


Huc's Story Salvadorans in Los Angeles


The Pico-Union Area


"Where Is My Father?"


Arturo's Story Charting a New Future for Urban Youth Notes


References


Index