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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818466203321

Autore

Choo Kyung-Seok <1969->

Titolo

Gangs and immigrant youth / / Kyung-Seok Choo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2007

ISBN

1-59332-257-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Disciplina

364.106/6089957073

Soggetti

Gangs - United States

Juvenile delinquents - United States

Korean Americans

Korean Americans - Social conditions

Juvenile delinquency - United States

Violence - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Review of the literature -- Research method -- The quality of Korean community life -- Assimilation : comparison of general characteristics of delinquent groups and youth gangs -- The delinquent group : Joong and his boys -- The gang : Mo Ming Pai -- Conclusion.