“I don’t bang: I’m just a Blood”: Situating gang identities in their proper place

In this article we offer a theoretical framework for conceptualizing the relationship between gang identification, place, and identity saliency. In our interviews with current and former street gang members, participants consistently described gangs as neighborhood-based entities, but also couched t...

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Main Author: Lopez-Aguado, Patrick (Author)
Contributors: Walker, Michael Lawrence
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Theoretical criminology
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-126
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Criminalization
US street gangs
Identity
Neighborhood
Place
Social Geography
Social groups
Street culture
Territoriality

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