Defining Street Gangs in the 21st Century Fluid, Mobile, and Transna
In contrast to the pattern of long-standing occidental street gangs modelled in the North American paradigm, new-age gangs have appeared as loosely organized, with a high degree of interchangeability of their membership. Associated with this structural fl
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C. E. Prowse
Defining Street Gangs in the 21st Century Fluid, Mobile, and Transnational Networks
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C. E. Prowse Department of Anthropology University of Calgary 2500 University Drive N.W. Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada
ISSN 2192-8533 ISBN 978-1-4614-4306-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-4307-0
ISSN 2192-8541 (electronic) ISBN 978-1-4614-4307-0 (eBook)
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Preface
The introduction to the research findings that follow anticipates a number of questions fundamental to social analysis. Is it possible for a police officer / anthropologist / researcher who symbolized the ‘‘mainstream’’, to forge a trust with those who were indubitably gang ‘‘players’’? How can an interviewer ever be sure how their questions are being understood by their informants: What did you think you thought you heard me ask? Is it possible to determine how gang leaders make their decisions concerning their following? How might have my profession as a police officer and my initial points of entry to my informants have influenced what became a protracted anthropological field study? And, h
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