Wannabe : gangs in suburbs and schools

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Wannabe : gangs in suburbs and schools

Daniel J. Monti

Blackwell, c1994

  • : pbk

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171) and index

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ISBN 9781557866141

内容説明

"Boyz `n' the Burbs" comments on youth gangs in suburbs and schools. Based on interviews with over 400 boys and girls between the ages of ten and 20, the author offers a portrayal of their lives in and around gangs. It chronicles the way in which suburban youths become involved with gangs, learn about committing crimes and violent acts, and gradually begin to question their loyalty to gang life. Contrary to the popular view of gang members as thoughtless thugs, Monti describes the difficult choices they make and explores the youngsters' ambivalence toward dealing in illegal narcotics and taking up arms against neighbours and their fellow students. Youngsters use gangs to express their disdain for an adult world that provides them with few effective ways to become a conventional person and, at the same time, as a means to negotiate an entrance into that very world. Suburban gangs are seen to be different from inner-city gangs in some important ways. What young persons find in their families, neighborhoods, and schools clearly has an impact on the making and unmaking of gang members. Existing theories and intervention strategies intended to suppress gangs or lure youngsters from gangs are found to be ineffective. Far more important, Monti argues, are explanations of gang behaviour that focus on the power of conventional institutions to make human beings that move from gangs into the larger world as the youngsters grow older. An ambitious plan to rebuild a middle-class population of residents and business owners in cities is advanced as a way to help young persons make their way into the conventional adult world that has heretofore been denied them.

目次

1. Introductions. 2. Gangs in the World of Children. 3. Coming of Age. 4. Going Along with the Programme. 5. Learning to Ride a Bicycle.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9781557866158

内容説明

America's Suburban Gangs is the first book written about youth gangs in suburbs and schools. Based on interviews with over 400 boys and girls between the ages of ten and twenty, the author offers a vivid portrayal of their lives in and around gangs. It chronicles the way in which suburban youths become involved with gangs, learn about committing crimes and violent acts, and gradually begin to question their loyalty to gang life.

目次

Foreword by Edwin J. Delattre vii Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction 1 2 Gangs in the World of Children 21 3 Coming of Age 51 4 Going Along with the Program 96 5 Learning to Ride a Bicycle 130 Index 172

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