Refusing to cast gangs in solely criminal terms, Robert J.
Dur?n, a former gang member turned scholar, recasts such groups as
an adaptation to the racial oppression of colonization in the
American Southwest. Developing a paradigm rooted in ethnographic
research and almost two decades of direct experience with gangs,
Dur?n completes the first-ever study to follow so many marginalized
groups so intensely for so long, revealing their core
characteristics, behavior, and activities within two unlikely
American cities.
Dur?n spent five years in Denver, Colorado, and Ogden, Utah,
conducting 145 interviews with gang members, law enforcement
officers, prosecutors, and other relevant individuals. From his
research, he constructs a comparative outline of the emergence and
criminalization of Latino youth groups, the ideals and worlds they
create, and the reasons for their persistence. He also underscores
the failures of violent gang suppression tactics, which have only
further entrenched these groups within the barrio. Encouraging
cultural activists and current and former gang members to pursue
grassroots empowerment, Dur?n proposes new solutions to racial
oppression that challenge and truly alter the conditions of gang
life.
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