03501nam 2200613 450 991082652320332120230803195809.01-4529-4180-7(CKB)2670000000566468(EBL)1719860(SSID)ssj0001266267(PQKBManifestationID)11793730(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001266267(PQKBWorkID)11250037(PQKB)10556435(MiAaPQ)EBC1719860(Au-PeEL)EBL1719860(CaPaEBR)ebr10887759(CaONFJC)MIL621926(OCoLC)884725836(EXLCZ)99267000000056646820140710h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlobal gangs street violence across the world /editors, Jennifer M. Hazen and Dennis RodgersMinneapolis, Minnesota ;London, England :University of Minnesota Press,2014.©20141 online resource (309 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-306-90675-X 0-8166-9149-5 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Gangs in a Global Comparative Perspective; Part I. Gang Formation and Transformation; 1. Intimate Connections: Gangs and the Political Economy of Urbanization in South Africa; 2. Cholo!: The Migratory Origins of Chicano Gangs in Los Angeles; 3. Capitalizing on Change: Gangs, Ideology, and the Transition to a Liberal Economy in the Russian Federation; 4. Of Marginality and "Little Emperors": The Changing Reality of Chinese Youth Gangs; 5. From Black Jackets to Zulus: Social Imagination, Myth, and Reality Concerning French Gangs6. Maras and the Politics of Violence in El SalvadorPart II. Problematizing Gangs; 7. Youth Gangs and Otherwise in Indonesia; 8. "Playing the Game": Gang-Militia Logics in War-Torn Sierra Leone; 9. "For Your Safety": Child Vigilante Squads and Neo-Gangsterism in Urban India; 10. "We Are the True Blood of the Mau Mau": The Mungiki Movement in Kenya; 11. Gang Politics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 12. "Hecho en México": Gangs, Identities, and the Politics of Public Security; Afterword: The Inevitable Gang; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; YZGangs, often associated with brutality and senseless destructive violence, have not always been viewed as inherently antagonistic. The first studies of gangs depicted them as alternative sources of order in urban slums where the state's authority was lacking, and they have subsequently been shown to be important elements in some youth life cycles. Despite their proliferation there is little consensus regarding what constitutes a gang. Used to denote phenomena ranging from organized crime syndicates to groups of youths who gather spontaneously on street corners, even the term "gang" isGangsViolenceGangs.Violence.364.106/6Hazen Jennifer M.Rodgers DennisMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826523203321Global gangs4101898UNINA$68.0610/29/2017Soc