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How Gangs Work

How Gangs Work An Ethnography of Youth Violence - St Antony's Series

1st ed. 2013

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Drawing on extensive interviews with gang members, this book provides a vivid portrayal of gang life. Topics include the profiles and motivations of gang members; the processes of gang evolution, organization, and recruitment; gang members' uses of violence, media, and technology and the role of gangs in the drugs trade and organized crime

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Book information

ISBN: 9781137572936
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st ed. 2013
DEWEY: 364.10660941
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 213
Weight: 294g
Height: 142mm
Width: 217mm
Spine width: 13mm