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John M. M. Hagedorn - A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture - 9780816650675 - V9780816650675
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A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture

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Description for A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture Paperback. Series: Globalization & Community Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 b&w photos, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.

For the more than a billion people who now live in urban slums, gangs are ubiquitous features of daily life. Though still most closely associated with American cities, gangs are an entrenched, worldwide phenomenon that play a significant role in a wide range of activities, from drug dealing to extortion to religious and political violence. In A World of Gangs, John Hagedorn explores this international proliferation of the urban gang as a consequence of the ravages of globalization.

Looking closely at gang formation in three world cities-Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, and Capetown-he discovers that some gangs have institutionalized as a strategy ... Read more

This groundbreaking work concludes on a hopeful note. Proposing ways in which gangs might 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 in order to bring gangs into broader movements for social justice.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
Series
Globalization & Community Series
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816650675
SKU
V9780816650675
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About John M. M. Hagedorn
John M. Hagedorn is associate professor of criminal justice and senior research fellow at Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is editor of Gangs in the Global City; co-editor of Female Gangs in America: Essays on Girls, Gangs, and Gender; and author of the highly influential People and Folks: Gangs, Crime, and the Underclass in a ... Read more

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