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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966837303321

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Choo explores group delinquency in the Asian American community. His primary focus is two youth groups, a Korean affiliated Chinese youth gang and a Korean delinquent group. The two groups have evolved through different processes and under different community circumstances. Both manifest differing patterns of delinquent activities and require different approaches to their problems. By analyzing the demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural characteristics of the Korean immigrant community, the book discusses the unique lifestyle of Korean-American immigrants in relation to their youth and group delinquency problem. Choo also explains the phenomenon of gangs and immigrant youth by detailed comparison of the emergence, development, persistence and change of theser two distinctive groups.