Juggalos - Whoop! Whoop! A family or a gang? A participant-observation study on an FBI defined ‘hybrid’ gang
This study examines the Juggalos and their controversial gang designation as defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Juggalos are devoted fans of the music group Insane Clown Posse, but law enforcement officials have identified Juggalos as a "hybrid" gang. A participant observa...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2020
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In: |
Deviant behavior
Year: 2020, Volume: 41, Issue: 8, Pages: 977-990 |
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Summary: | This study examines the Juggalos and their controversial gang designation as defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Juggalos are devoted fans of the music group Insane Clown Posse, but law enforcement officials have identified Juggalos as a "hybrid" gang. A participant observation study was conducted in the fall of 2017 during the Juggalo March in Washington D.C. This protest rally was a response to challenge the gang classification and demonstrate to others that Juggalos are "a family and not a gang." The authors observed Juggalo behaviors that were not consistent with a gang; but rather consistent with the characteristics of identifying a gang, as well as behaviors that were deviant. |
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Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 988-990 |
ISSN: | 1521-0456 |
DOI: | 10.1080/01639625.2019.1596533 |