Gangs A Groundwork Guide |
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| Author:
| Swift, Richard |
| Series title: | Groundwork Guides |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88899-979-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | Groundwood Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
Gangsexposes the roots of the problem, from...
More DescriptionStreet 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.Gangsexposes 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.