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Can I read Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) on EtoBox?
Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) by Scott H. Decker, Barrick Van Winkle is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) about?
This study is based on three years of field work with ninety-nine active gang members and twenty-four family members. The book describes the attractiveness of gangs, the process of joining, their chaotic and loose organization, and their members' predominant activities--mostly hanging out, drinking, and using drugs--and their rather slapdash involvement in major property crime and drug traffic. Extensive interviews with family members provide groundbreaking insights into the gang members' lives,
Who reads Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Scott H. Decker, Barrick Van Winkle
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521565660
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Social Science, Science, Criminology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25