RT Book
T1 Gangs of the El Paso-Juárez borderland: a history
A1 Tapia, Mike 1974-
LA English
PP Albuquerque
PB University of New Mexico Press
YR 2019
ED First edition
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1669911616
AB "This thought-provoking book examines gang history in the region encompassing West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Known as the El Paso-Juarez borderland region, the area contains more than three million people spanning 130 miles from east to west. From the badlands-the historically notorious eastern Valle de Juarez-to the Puerto Palomas port of entry at Columbus, New Mexico, this area has become more militarized and politicized than ever before. Mike Tapia examines this region by exploring a century of historical developments through a criminological lens and by studying the diverse subcultures on both sides of the law. Tapia looks extensively at the role of history and geography on criminal subculture formation in the binational urban setting of El Paso-Juarez, demonstrating the region's unique context for criminogenic processes. He provides a poignant case study of Homeland Security and the apparent lack of drug war spillover in communities on the US-Mexico border"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV6437
SN 9780826361097
K1 Gangs : Texas, West
K1 Gangs : New Mexico
K1 Gangs : Mexico : Chihuahua (State)
K1 Mexican-American Border Region : History
K1 Mexican-American Border Region : Social conditions
K1 USA : Mexiko : Grenzgebiet : Bandenkriminalität : Geschichte