03099nam 2200673 a 450 991096683730332120251116215806.01-59332-257-7(CKB)1000000000473206(OCoLC)646740997(CaPaEBR)ebrary10225148(SSID)ssj0000160706(PQKBManifestationID)11946998(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160706(PQKBWorkID)10182453(PQKB)10640275(MiAaPQ)EBC3016838(Au-PeEL)EBL3016838(CaPaEBR)ebr10225148(OCoLC)923650150(BIP)14333881(EXLCZ)99100000000047320620060911d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGangs and immigrant youth /Kyung-Seok ChooNew York LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC20071 online resource (214 p.) Criminal justice : recent scholarshipBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-59332-148-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.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.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.Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)GangsUnited StatesJuvenile delinquentsUnited StatesKorean AmericansKorean AmericansSocial conditionsJuvenile delinquencyUnited StatesViolenceUnited StatesGangsJuvenile delinquentsKorean Americans.Korean AmericansSocial conditions.Juvenile delinquencyViolence364.106/6089957073Choo Kyung-Seok1969-1871775MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966837303321Gangs and immigrant youth4480715UNINA