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Real gangstas : legitimacy, reputation, and violence in the intergang environment /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lauger, Timothy R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2011]
Series:Critical issues in crime and society.
Subjects:
Youth and violence > United States.
Gang members > United States.
Gangs > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Gangs and their environments
  • Joining a gang
  • The dilution narrative
  • The paradox of legitimacy
  • Known in Naptown
  • Teenage gossip and the presentation of self
  • The violent encounter
  • Hope, intervention, and tragedy.