Gangs in the El Paso-Juárez borderland: the role of history and geography in shaping criminal subcultures

This paper examines the early precursors of organized criminal subcultures using the U.S.-Mexico border city of El Paso, Texas as a case-study. El Paso is known as the birthplace of the pachuco; the Mexican Americans’ original street-oriented subculture. It formed the basis for the numerous delinque...

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Main Author: Tapia, Mike 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Trends in organized crime
Year: 2020, Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pages: 367-384
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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