Dignity Takings in Gangland’s Suburban Frontier

This paper engages the evolving dignity takings framework, first developed by Bernadette Atuahene, in the context of contemporary American street gangs (e.g. Crips, Bloods, Latin Kings, etc.). Contrary to most popular accounts, it starts with a reimagined and complicated notion of street gangs that...

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Autor principal: Yuille, Lua Kamál (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
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Publicado: 2018
En:Año: 2018
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