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Book SynopsisExamines gang history in the region encompassing West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Mike Tapia examines this region by exploring a century of historical developments through a criminological lens and by studying the diverse subcultures on both sides of the law.
Trade Review�Tapia provides a sorely needed supplement to our knowledge of gangs in the Southwest, giving us a detailed history of gang development, cartel and street-gang relations, and the evolution of street�prison gang hybrids in the El Paso, Las Cruces, and Ju�rez regions.��Christian Bolden, contributor to
The Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology �Very rarely do criminologists get to read an authoritative book by an authoritative scholar on a topic with great interest but little scholarly attention. Tapia�s book is a landmark achievement on the gangs of the El Paso�Ju�rez region in a one-hundred-year time period. You will not be able to put this book down.��Alex R. Piquero, coeditor of
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