Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider's Journey by Robert J. Duran (English) Hardc

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Refusing to cast gangs in solely criminal terms, Robert J. Duran, 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, Duran 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. Duran 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, Duran proposes new solutions to racial oppression that challenge and truly alter the conditions of gang life.

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Refusing to cast gangs in solely criminal terms, Robert J. Durán, 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, Durán 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.Durán 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, Durán proposes new solutions to racial oppression that challenge and truly alter the conditions of gang life.

Author Biography

Robert J. Duran is an associate professor of criminal justice at New Mexico State University. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado-Boulder and his research concerns modern-day racism and community resistance, from gang evolution and border surveillance to disproportionate minority contact and law enforcement shootings.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Researching Gangs as an Insider 2. The War on Gangs in the Post-Civil Rights Era 3. Racialized Oppression and the Emergence of Gangs 4. Demonizing Gangs Through Religious Righteousness and Suppressed Activism 5. Negotiating Membership for an Adaptation to Colonization: The Gang 6. The Only Locotes Standing: The Persistence of Gang Ideals 7. Barrio Empowerment as a Strategy for Transcending Gangs Conclusion Notes References Index

Review

Robert J. Duran's brilliantly intuitive work covers the literature in the field, and then quickly surpasses it. Having lived the 'life in two cities,' he reveals the genesis of gangs as a challenge to America's structural inequality. If for nothing else, Duran should be read for his eloquent history of racism and society's role in gang formation, an uncomfortable analysis for society's Pontius Pilates. Duran should be appreciated for his insight, praised for his clarity, and lauded for his personal and intellectual courage. -- Ernesto Vigil, author of The Crusade for Justice: Chicano Militancy and the Government's War on Dissent Gang Life in Two Cities is a masterful insider perspective and analysis of gangs, policing, and criminal justice, setting a new standard for research and scholarship in the field. A must read for anyone interested in gangs, gang diversion, and criminal justice. -- Alfredo Mirande, University of California, Riverside Gang Life in Two Cities should be required reading in college courses discussing gangs. Anyone interested in gangs and how society is responding to them should read it, too. -- Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune Unique and refreshing... [Duran] offers a rich, clear discussion of both the context and meaning of gang participation. -- Elyshia Aseltine Critical Criminology ...an informative and compelling read with a unique approach to gangs. Great Plains Research The personal and empirical narrative and detailed interview excerpts that Duran offers are compelling and convincing... Gang Life in Two Cities develops a new paradigm for understanding gang formation and gang enforcement. Social Forces

Prizes

Commended for Honorable Mention - Book Award 2014

Review Quote

Unique and refreshing... [Durn] offers a rich, clear discussion of both the context and meaning of gang participation.

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HONORABLE MENTION - 2014 Association for Humanist Sociology Book Award

Details ISBN0231158661 Author Robert J. Duran Short Title GANG LIFE IN 2 CITIES Pages 272 Publisher Columbia University Press Language English ISBN-10 0231158661 ISBN-13 9780231158664 Media Book Format Hardcover Imprint Columbia University Press Subtitle An Insider's Journey Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 364.10660973 Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-01-15 Illustrations Graphs: 2, Translated from English UK Release Date 2013-01-15 AU Release Date 2013-01-15 NZ Release Date 2013-01-15 US Release Date 2013-01-15 Audience General We've got this

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