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Author Decker, Scott H.

Title Life in the gang : family, friends and violence / Scott H. Decker, Barrik Van Winkle.

Publication Info. Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  364.1066 D295L    Check Shelf
Description xi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Cambridge criminology series
Cambridge criminology series.
Contents Life in the gang: family, friends, and violence -- "Are you claiming?" Methods of study -- "I'm down with the Bloods, what's up cuz?" Membership issues -- "We ain't no worldwide thing or nothing": gang structure and relationships -- "Where you hanging? Let's go banging": what gang members do -- "I love to bang": serious crime by gang members -- "Doing time" in school and elsewhere: gang members and social institutions -- "My mom doesn't know": gang members and their families -- "There's only two ways to leave the gang, die or move": responding to gangs.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-291) and indexes.
Subject Gang members -- Missouri -- St. Louis -- Case studies.
Gangs -- Missouri -- St. Louis -- Case studies.
Group identity -- Missouri -- St. Louis -- Case studies.
Juvenile delinquency -- Missouri -- St. Louis -- Case studies.
Added Author Van Winkle, Barrik.
ISBN 0521562929
0521565669 paperback
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