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 ...
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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 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.
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Good. USED Good Former Library book Hardcover with Dust jacket with Mylar cover. It has normal library markings including card holder/reference sticker and library call number on spine. Dust jacket is in Good condition with some cover scuff/indents on cover. Some pages inside may be folded or wrinkled. It has school and/or library name blacked out with marker or white blackout sticker on page edges, cover and inside. Reinforced with library tape on some inside pages or cover.
