Gangbangs and Drive-Bys: Grounded Culture and Juvenile Gang Violence

by William Sanders

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780202305370
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	12/31/1994
Series:	Social Problems & Social Issues
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1250L (what's this?)

About the Author

William B. Sanders is Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas, El Paso. Dr. Sanders began studying gangs in San Diego, Great Britan, and El Paso during the 1980s. He has published Detective Work (a C. Wright Mills Award Nominee), Rape and Women’s Identity, and eight other books in sociology.

Table of Contents

1: Introduction: The Problem; 2: Situations and Gang Violence; 3: Patterns of Gang Violence; 4: Drive-Bys; 5: Gangbangs; 6: Other Types of Gang Violence; 7: Mexican-American Gang Styles; 8: African-American Gang Styles; 9: Other Youth Gangs; 10: Police Operations and Gangs

Editorial Reviews

[T]he book is informative. A useful addition to the literature on youth gangs. All levels.” —D. Harper, Choice “Gangs have reappeared in the sociological literature and the public debate. This book focuses on the situations in which gang members construct violent confrontations… In examining the very important topic of the violent situation, Sanders has gone to the scene of violent incidents with the special police gang unit in San Diego to try to reconstruct what happened… [E]xamination of the situation and the process permits us to understand better how different groups who currently live in similar socioeconomic circumstances construct distinctive situations in which violence occurs, and it demonstrates that gaps exist between more macrolevel structures and violent activities of gangs. This is a welcome addition to the gang literature because it focuses on microlevel processes and the construction of violence.” —Ruth Horowitz, Contemporary Sociology “[W]e learned something about gangbanging and drive-bys from this book.” —Daniel Monti, Social Forces

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