The gang paradox : inequalities and miracles on the U.S.-Mexico border

Summary: Robert J. Durán analyzes the impact of deportation, incarceration, and racialized perceptions of criminality on Latino families and youth along the U.S.-Mexico border. He finds significantly less gang membership and activity than common fearmongering claims would have us believe.

Record details

ISBN: 0231543433
ISBN: 9780231543439
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 299 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- The context for the origination of gangs: double colonization -- The formation of gangs in El Chuco -- Moral panics under a research microscope: the organizational scene prior to arrival -- How youth of Mexican descent encounter criminalization -- The role and conflicts in law enforcement -- Participatory action research teams at a minority serving institution -- Empirical miracles and where do we go from here? -- Conclusion.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	In English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.