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The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation. Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang.
Brotherton, David C.; Barrios, Luis
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Description for The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation. Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang.
How a notorious street gang became a social organization providing leadership to New York City's Latino/a youths. Num Pages: 464 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSP2; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 817.
From Los Angeles and New York to Chicago and Miami, street gangs are regarded as one of the most intractable crime problems facing our cities, and a vast array of resources is being deployed to combat them. This book chronicles the astounding self-transformation of one of the most feared gangs in the United States into a social movement acting on behalf of the dispossessed, renouncing violence and the underground economy, and requiring school attendance for membership. What caused the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation of New York City to make this remarkable transformation? And why has it not ... Read more
From Los Angeles and New York to Chicago and Miami, street gangs are regarded as one of the most intractable crime problems facing our cities, and a vast array of resources is being deployed to combat them. This book chronicles the astounding self-transformation of one of the most feared gangs in the United States into a social movement acting on behalf of the dispossessed, renouncing violence and the underground economy, and requiring school attendance for membership. What caused the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation of New York City to make this remarkable transformation? And why has it not ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231114189
SKU
V9780231114189
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99-15
About Brotherton, David C.; Barrios, Luis
David C. Brotherton, a sociologist, is an associate professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. Luis Barrios, a psychologist, is an associate professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Together they edited (along with Louis Kontos) Gangs and Society: Alternative Perspectives. Luis Barrios is assistant professor at John ... Read more
Reviews for The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation. Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang.
In The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation: Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang, Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Barrios provide a detailed analysis of the rise and fall of the gang's reform process, which had fallen into severe difficulties by 2001. Chronicle of Higher Education [This] well-researched book seems to focus intentionally on the social ... Read more