Street crime Books
Bristol University Press Boys, Childhood Domestic Abuse and Gang
Book SynopsisBoys and young men have been previously overlooked in domestic violence and abuse policy and practice, particularly in the case of boys who are criminalized and labelled as gang-involved by the time they reach their teens. Jade Levell offers radical and important insights into how boys in this context navigate their journey to manhood with the constant presence of violence in their lives, in addition to poverty and racial marginalization. Of equal interest to academics and front-line practitioners, the book highlights the narratives of these young men and makes practice recommendations for supporting these ‘hidden victims’.Table of ContentsPart 1: Foundations 1. Masculinity, Marginalization, and Patriarchal Violence 2. Invisible Victims of Domestic Abuse, Hypervisible in Gangs 3. Music as Method Part 2: Life-History Research 4. Childhood Domestic Violence and Abuse 5. Learning How to Be a Man On-Road 6. ‘a man’/‘The Man’ 7. Love and Fear 8. The Road Ahead Part 3: Joining the Dots 9. Policy Links: Why is ‘Domestic Abuse’ Not ‘Serious Violence’? A False Dichotomy 10. Understanding the Pathways from Domestic Abuse to Gang Involvement 11. Masculinity, Vulnerability, and Violence
£76.50
Bristol University Press Robbery in the Illegal Drugs Trade: Violence and
Book SynopsisRobbery can be planned or spontaneous and is a typically short, chaotic crime that is comparatively under-researched. This book transports the reader to the streets and focuses on the real-life narratives and motivations of the youth gang members and adult organized criminals immersed in this form of violence. Uniquely focusing on robberies involving drug dealers and users, this book considers the material and emotional gains and losses to offenders and victims, and offers policy recommendations to reduce occurrences of this common crime.Table of Contents1. On Robbery 2. From Robbing Places to Robbing People 3. The Will to Rob 4. Robbery in Action 5. Trust No One 6. Life After Robbery 7. Conclusion
£43.19
Newbury House Publishers,U.S. Parkland
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£999.99
Arcadia Publishing Nassau County Police Department
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£21.24
Chicago Review Press Blood in the Fields: Ten Years Inside
Book SynopsisThe city of Salinas, California, is the birthplace of John Steinbeck and the setting for his epic masterpiece, East of Eden, but it is also the home of Nuestra Familia, one of the most violent gangs in America. Born in the prisons of California in the late 1960s, Nuestra Familia expanded to control drug trafficking and extortion operations throughout the northern half of the state, and left a trail of bodies in its wake. Prize-winning journalist and Nieman Fellow Julia Reynolds tells the gang’s story from the inside out, following young men and women as they search for a new kind of family, quests that usually lead to murder and betrayal.Blood in the Fields also documents the history of Operation Black Widow, the FBI’s questionable decade-long effort to dismantle the Nuestra Familia, along with its compromised informants and the turf wars it created with local law enforcement agencies. Journalist Reynolds uses her unprecedented access to gang members, both in and out of prison, as well as undercover wire taps, depositions, and court documents to weave a gripping, comprehensive history of this brutal criminal organization and the lives it destroyed.Trade Review" Blood in the Fields is a fascinating yet troubling look at a generation grappling with identity. It is a powerful account, one crafted with sensitivity and sharp human insights, of another Mexico within the United States. Julia Reynolds is a masterful storyteller." Alfredo Corchado, author of Midnight in Mexico and Mexico bureau chief for the Dallas Morning News"Both chilling and sadso many lives lost, so many households ruined, and so many hearts torn apart. Blood in the Fields is a must-read for anybody interested in stopping the cycle of violence for safer communities." Gabe Morales, author, trainer, gang specialist, and founder of the International Latino Gang Investigators Association"Journalist Reynolds's debut offers a well sourced account of the most important criminal organization you've never heard of: Nuestra Familia." Publishers Weekly"A sprawling, literary true-crime effort that will reward patient readers with its gloomy account of an unstoppable, violent subculture." Kirkus"Reynolds skillfully limns the tough lives, heartlessness, misgivings, and bad decisions made for the sake of family and the home country of Mexico. . . . A riveting tale of a monster of criminality that is still not dead but merely changing shape." BOOKLIST
£16.10
