The Barrio Gangs of San Antonio, 1915-2015
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (789 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0734HXS74 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 401 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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His teaching and research interests include crime theory, race, and street crimes. His latest works examine Chicano gang organization in a historical perspective.. He’s published work on risk factors in juvenile arrest and Latino arrest and on Latino gang migration. MIKE TAPIA is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at New Mexico State University
About the AuthorMIKE TAPIA is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at New Mexico State University. His latest works examine Chicano gang organization in a historical perspective.. He’s published work on risk factors in juvenile arrest and Latino arrest and on Latino gang migration. His teaching and research interests include crime theory, race, and street crimes
The study gives special attention to the barrio gangs’ “heyday,” from the 1940s through the 1960s, comparing their attributes to those of modern groups. This is a sociological work on the history of barrio gangs in San Antonio and other large Texas cities to the present day. Few other places are so conducive to such historical exploration as is San Antonio. The gang contexts in major Chicano population centers have lengthy historical bases rooted in weak opportunity structures, oppression, and discrimination. Street ignobility in the barrio no doubt mirrors processes found in other Chicano communities in Texas and the Southwest. Intergenerational shifts and the tension that accompanies such changes are also centra