LEADER 03954nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910828579203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79509-2 024 7 $a10.7560/717305 035 $a(CKB)1000000000479664 035 $a(OCoLC)560688988 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245749 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000229107 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174931 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229107 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10167749 035 $a(PQKB)11591367 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443268 035 $a(OCoLC)184687463 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2132 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443268 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245749 035 $a(DE-B1597)586644 035 $a(OCoLC)1286806701 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292795099 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000479664 100 $a20070612d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe projects $egang and non-gang families in East Los Angeles /$fJames Diego Vigil ; foreword by Thomas S. Weisner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71730-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-225) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Rationale and methods -- A history of the Cuatro Flats barrio gang -- The gang subculture: change and continuity -- The Pico Gardens clique -- A gang life -- Cholas in the world of gangs -- Why children either avoid or affiliate with gangs -- Families not involved with gangs -- A closer look at gang-affiliated families -- Gang prevention and intervention strategies over time -- Conclusion and recommendations. 330 $aThe Pico Gardens housing development in East Los Angeles has a high percentage of resident families with a history of persistent poverty, gang involvement, and crime. In some families, members of three generations have belonged to gangs. Many other Pico Gardens families, however, have managed to avoid the cycle of gang involvement. In this work, Vigil adds to the tradition of poverty research and elaborates on the association of family dynamics and gang membership. The main objective of his research was to discover what factors make some families more vulnerable to gang membership, and why gang resistance was evidenced in similarly situated non-gang-involved families. Providing rich, in-depth interviews and observations, Vigil examines the wide variations in income and social capital that exist among the ostensibly poor, mostly Mexican American residents. Vigil documents how families connect and interact with social agencies in greater East Los Angeles to help chart the routines and rhythms of the lives of public housing residents. He presents family life histories to augment and provide texture to the quantitative information. By studying life in Pico Gardens, Vigil feels we can better understand how human agency interacts with structural factors to produce the reality that families living in all public housing developments must contend with daily. 606 $aGangs$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aGang members$xFamily relationships$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aPoor families$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aPublic housing$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 607 $aPico Gardens (Los Angeles, Calif.)$xSocial conditions 607 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$xSocial conditions 615 0$aGangs 615 0$aGang members$xFamily relationships 615 0$aPoor families 615 0$aPublic housing 676 $a364.106/60979494 700 $aVigil$b James Diego$f1938-$01655309 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828579203321 996 $aThe projects$94027424 997 $aUNINA