Gangs and immigrant youth / / Kyung-Seok Choo

• Autore: Choo Kyung-Seok <1969->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.106/6089957073
• Soggetto topico: Gangs - United States; Juvenile delinquents - United States; Korean Americans; Korean Americans - Social conditions; Juvenile delinquency - United States; Violence - United States
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gangs and immigrant youth
• ISBN: 1-59332-257-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966837303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)