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050	0	0	_aHV6439.U5 _bL39 2012
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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aLauger, Timothy R. _eautore
245	1	0	_aReal Gangstas : _bLegitimacy, Reputation, and Violence in the Intergang Environment / _cTimothy R. Lauger.
264		1	_aNew Brunswick, NJ : _bRutgers University Press, _c[2012]
264		4	_c©2012
300			_a1 online resource (272 p.) : _b2 figures, 1 map
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aCritical Issues in Crime and Society
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tIntroduction -- _tChapter 1. Gangs and Their Environments -- _tChapter 2. Joining a Gang -- _tChapter 3. The Dilution Narrative: An Understanding That Some Gang Members Are Not “Real” -- _tChapter 4. The Paradox of Legitimacy -- _tChapter 5. Known in Naptown -- _tChapter 6. Teenage Gossip and the Presentation of Self -- _tChapter 7. The Violent Encounter -- _tChapter 8. Hope, Intervention, and Tragedy -- _tAppendix: Researching Gangs -- _tNotes -- _tReferences -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aStreet gangs are a major concern for residents in many inner-city communities. However, gangs’ secretive and, at times, delinquent tendencies limit most people’s exposure to the realities of gang life. Based on eighteen months of qualitative research on the streets of Indianapolis, Real Gangstas provides a unique and intimate look at the lives of street gang members as they negotiate a dangerous peer environment in a major midwestern city. Timothy R. Lauger interviewed and observed a mix of fifty-five gang members, former gang members, and non-gang street offenders. He spent much of his fieldwork time in the company of a particular gang, the “Down for Whatever Boyz,” who allowed him to watch and record many of their day-to-day activities and conversations. Through this extensive research, Lauger is able to understand and explain the reasons for gang membership, including a chaotic family life, poverty, and the need for violent self-assertion in order to foster the creation of a personal identity. Although the book exposes many troubling aspects of gang life, it is not a simple descriptive or a sensationalistic account of urban despair and violence. Steeped in the tradition of analytical ethnography, the study develops a central theoretical argument: combinations of street gangs within cities shape individual gang member behavior within those urban settings. Within Indianapolis, members of rival gangs interact on a routine basis within an ambiguous and unstable environment. Participants believe that many of their contemporaries claiming gang affiliations are not actually “real” gang members, but instead are imposters who gain access to the advantages of gang membership through fraud and pretense. Consequently, the ability to discern “real” gang members—or to present oneself successfully as a real gang member—is a critical part of gangland Indianapolis. Real Gangstas offers an objective and fair characterization of active gang members, successfully balancing the seemingly conflicting idea that they generally seem like normal teenagers, yet are abnormally concerned with—and too often involved in—violence. Lauger takes readers to the edge of an actual gang conflict, providing a rare and up-close look at the troubling processes that facilitate hostility and violence.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)
650		0	_aGang members _zUnited States.
650		0	_aGangs _zUnited States.
650		0	_aYouth and violence _zUnited States.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.36019/9780813553757
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813553757
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780813553757/original
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