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Author Brotherton, David.

Title The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation : street politics and the transformation of a New York City gang / David C. Brotherton and Luis Barrios.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 397 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-376) and index.
Contents Part 1: Toward a theory of the gang as a social movement -- Part 2: The making of the ALKQN: subcultural traditions -- Part 3: The form and content of a street organization.
Note Print version record.
Summary 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.
Subject Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Gang) -- History.
Gangs -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Gangs -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Hispanic American youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
African American youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
Youth with social disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
Gangs -- New York (State) -- New York.
TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Added Author Barrios, Luis, 1952-
Added Title Street politics and the transformation of a New York City gang
Other Form: Print version: Brotherton, David. Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2004 0231114184 0231114192 (DLC) 2003061751 (OCoLC)52879366
ISBN 0231509065 (electronic bk.)
9780231509060 (electronic bk.)
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