David C Brotherton: 3 books
Youth Street Gangs
A critical appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Gangs have been heavily pathologized in the last several decades. In comparison to the pioneering Chicago School's work on gangs in the 1920s we have moved away from a humanistic appraisal of and sensitivity toward the phenomenon and have allowed the gang to become a highly plastic folk devil outside...
Banished to the Homeland
Dominican Deportees and Their Stories of Exile
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
The 1996 U.S. Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act has led to the forcible deportation of tens of thousands of Dominicans from the United States. Following thousands of these individuals over a seven-year period, David C. Brotherton and Luis Barrios use a unique combination of sociological and...
The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation
Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2004
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...