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Author Moore, Joan W., author.

Title Going down to the barrio : homeboys and homegirls in change / Joan W. Moore
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1991

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 181 pages)
Contents Introduction -- The setting: East Los Angeles -- Two barrio gangs: growth, structure, and theoretical considerations -- Changes in the gangs -- Gang members and the world around them -- Gang members' families -- Growing up -- Conclusion
Summary An examination of the changes and continuities among three generations of barrio gangs
Analysis "Multi-User"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-164) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Gangs -- California -- Los Angeles
Mexican American criminals -- California -- Los Angeles
Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions
TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Gangs
Mexican American criminals
Mexican Americans -- Social conditions
Bandenkriminalität
Jugendbande
Benden (criminaliteit)
Mexicaanse Amerikanen.
California -- Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif.
Chicanos.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781439903940
1439903948
9780877228547
087722854X
9780877228554
0877228558