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Gangs

"Street gangs have exploded in popularity worldwide. Tattoos, baggy pants, tagging, gangsta style clothes -- this unspoken threat is always just around the corner in most of the world's major cities. In search of a sense of identity and belonging that their world has denied them, young people are pushed into gangs by a witch's brew of violence, guns, drugs, racism, poverty, families under pressure, and ever-widening slums. Gangs exposes the roots of the problem, from the bidonvilles of France to the favelas of Brazil. It offers a startling analysis of the complicity of the adult world, as well as well as hard-hitting reforms that might just undermine the appeal of gang life. Most of all, it shows that we fail to understand gangs at our peril"--Provided by publisher.

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  • ""Street gangs have exploded in popularity worldwide. Tattoos, baggy pants, tagging, gangsta style clothes -- this unspoken threat is always just around the corner in most of the world's major cities. In search of a sense of identity and belonging that their world has denied them, young people are pushed into gangs by a witch's brew of violence, guns, drugs, racism, poverty, families under pressure, and ever-widening slums. Gangs exposes the roots of the problem, from the bidonvilles of France to the favelas of Brazil. It offers a startling analysis of the complicity of the adult world, as well as well as hard-hitting reforms that might just undermine the appeal of gang life. Most of all, it shows that we fail to understand gangs at our peril"--Provided by publisher."@en
  • "For many of the world's young, especially those who are poor as well as young, joining a gang is a real career choce. It is a choice that can be as deadly for the young gangsters as for their victims. In this book, journalist Richard Swift cuts through the fear and self-righteousness that charaterize most approaches to gangs. Laying bare the roots and culture of youth gangs in the world's burgeoning cities, he shows that for many members, gang affiliation is a kind of 'perverse resistance' to an unequal and unfair world. Zeroing in on the particular forms gangs take in different countries and cities, he discusses their reliance on violence, their role in the underground economy, and their relationship with their communities and the police. He also shows that we fail to understand gangs at our peril. -- from Back Cover."
  • "Street gangs have exploded in popularity worldwide. Tattoos, baggy pants, tagging, gangsta style clothes ? this unspoken threat is always just around the corner in most of the world's major cities. In search of a sense of identity and belonging that their world has denied them, young people are pushed into gangs by a witch's brew of violence, guns, drugs, racism, poverty, families under pressure, and ever-widening slums. Gangs exposes the roots of the problem, from the bidonvilles of France to the favelas of Brazil. It offers a startling analysis of the complicity of the adult world, as well a."
  • "Looks at the worldwide increase in street gangs, explores why people join them, discusses the social problems that push young people into gangs, and examines what can be done to lessen their effects on society and prevent gang-related crime."

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  • "Electronic books"
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  • "Gangs"
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  • "Gangs [a groundwork guide]"@en

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