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Author Dudley, Steven, author.

Title MS-13 : the making of America's most notorious gang / Steven Dudley.

Publication Info. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2020]

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Location Call No. Status
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  364.1066 DUD    Check Shelf
Description 339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-339) and index.
Contents Introduction: Judging Norman -- part I. Getting in (1979-1990): The beginning ; Norman's wars ; The making of a street gang ; The ghost of William Walker -- part II. Getting serious (1990-2010): Los seƱores ; The deported ; "We go to war" ; "We ruled" ; Escape to Zacatraz -- part III. Getting out (2010-2019): The gang truce ; God and the beast ; The new war ; Nothing to hide ; The monster.
Awards J. Anthony Lukas Award
Summary Looks at the most dangerous street gang in America, MS-13, as seen through the lives of one family caught in its malicious web.
Subject MS-13 (Gang)
Gangs -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies.
Gangs -- El Salvador -- Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
MS-13 (Gang) (OCoLC)fst01787701
Gangs. (OCoLC)fst00937695
California -- Los Angeles. (OCoLC)fst01204540
El Salvador. (OCoLC)fst01205530
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Case studies.
ISBN 9781335005540 (hardcover)
1335005544 (hardcover)
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