Author : R. Lincoln Keiser
Publisher : Case Studies in Cultural Anthr
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 44,54 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
This study of a Chicago street gang provides an insightful picture of gangs of similar age and composition operating in depressed areas and ghettos of large American cities.
Author : Clemens Bartollas
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 46,89 MB
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1532647166
From Disgrace to Dignity: Redemption in the Life of Willie Rico Johnson examines the life of Rico Johnson who became the head of the Conservative Vice Lords, one of the largest street gangs in the United States. In addition to highlighting his life, this work considers how redemption has affected his life. In addition, Minister Rico is identified as a Godfather. Much like the Godfathers found in organized crime families, Rico sees himself as providing a positive force to Vice Lords' gang members. On one hand, what this involves is taking care of their needs (he feeds 150 families a day) and, on the other hand, providing guidance and direction for members' lives.
Author : David Dawley
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 12,82 MB
Release : 1992-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1478628030
An instructive and relevant look at an explosive period in urban history! This savagely moving autobiography of a violent street gang covers its heyday in the 1960s when it had perhaps ten thousand members in at least twenty-six branches on Chicago’s West Side. It is the story of a street gang that became a community organization, supported by private foundations and corporations and dedicated to social, economic, and political development. The gang’s violent neighborhood was transformed into Head Start’s most improved block where the crime rate decreased as did the number of gang-related killings.
Author : Bill Sanders
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 17,68 MB
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0192534971
A worldwide fascination with gangs is evident: they are a major focus of the criminal justice system and the object of much media attention. This new Oxford Reference title of over 250 entries gives a concise overview of key terms used in the study and understanding of gangs - the first dictionary of its kind to focus on gang vernacular. Broad in scope, it covers: colloquialisms used in gang culture to describe certain behaviours common among gang members, such as caught slipping and jumped in; sociological and criminological terms in relation to gangs, such as social disorganization and social learning; as well as general academic concepts which apply to gangs, including Critical Race Theory, acculturation, moral panic, and identity. It also includes entries on gangs both inside and outside of the United States and theories of key gang researchers.
Author : David Dawley
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 28,21 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
This book tells about the streets of West Side, Chicago, from the times when shotguns were as vital as pants to the times when street fighters opened stores, art studios and tenant's rights programs. It is the story of the evolution of the Vice Lords from street fighting to street corporation, an organizational form of the emerging nation of Black youth.
Author : George W. Knox
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,4 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : African American criminals
ISBN : 9780971053991
Author : Franco Domma
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 17,68 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Crime
ISBN : 9780692951910
A detailed overview of street gangs in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Author : John Hagedorn
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 33,13 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816650667
"On the street with gangs in three world cities - Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, and Capetown - Hagedorn discovers that many of them have institutionalized as a strategy to confront a hopeless cycle of poverty, racism, and oppression. The mhilistic appeal of gangsta rap and its ethic of survival "by any means necessary," he argues, provides vital insights into the ideology and persistence of gangs around the world. Proposing how gangs can be encouraged to overcome their violent tendencies, Hagedorn appeals to community leaders to use the urgency, outrage, and resistance common to both gang life and hip-hop to bring gangs into broader movements for social justice."--BOOK JACKET.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 43,61 MB
Release : 1979
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Natalie Y. Moore
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 25,57 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1556528450
Were the Stones criminals, brainwashed terrorists, victims of their circumstances, or champions of social change? Or were they all of these, their role perceived differently by different races and socioeconomic groups? --
