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the life experiences of Boston's founding street gang members
xxii, 249 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Through interviews, analysis and life-course theory, retired Boston police officer and criminologist Paul F. Joyce uncovers the long-term impact of gang membership and explores which intervention methods can make a difference in the lives of current gang members.
Introduction : the importance of studying gang membership over the life course -- Finding and contacting the men : methods of study -- Setting the foundation for gang membership : neighborhood, family, and education -- Tracing the origins of Boston's late-1980s street gangs -- It's our time : life in the gang -- Leaving the gang life and crime -- No escape from the gang life and crime -- Concluding thoughts.
Paul F. Joyce ; foreword by J. Larry Mayes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Perspectives on crime and justice (Carbondale, Ill.)