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Book Synopsis
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.

Table of Contents
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

A Rainbow of Gangs

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 10/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9781477327050, 978-1477327050
      ISBN10: 1477327053
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      Crime and criminology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      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

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