Real Gangstas
Legitimacy, Reputation, and Violence in the Intergang Environment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19937993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy R Lauger (0000-0002-5637-6619, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 253 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Real gangstas (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.36019/9780813553757 |
| OpenAlex | W2619310131 |
| Open Library | OL25122319M |
| ISBN | 9780813553757 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
Street 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
Computer security · Criminology · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Reputation · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Law · Social Media and Politics · Criminals · Gang members · Gangs · united states · Youth and violence
Comparing Violent and Non-Violent Gang Incidents
Making Sense of Murder
Rivalries, reputation, retaliation, and repetition
Connecting setting and subculture
In the ‘h200d’
Going to extremes
Endorsing the Street Code
La tradition ethnographique dans la recherche sur les gangs. Un état de l’art
Using the Internet to Recruit Respondents for Offline Interviews in Criminological Studies
Quantifying Qualitative Scholarship
Transparency and Unmasking Issues in Ethnographic Crime Research
Violent Stories
Gang membership, gender, and sexual behavior in and outside a romantic relationship
The end of the ‘time of the streets’
The Prison and the Gang
Gang involvement moderates the effectiveness of evidence-based intervention for justice-involved youth
Effectiveness of Multisystemic Therapy for gang-involved youth offenders
Putting in Work
Impacts of Gang Involvement on Health and Well-Being
Does gang membership pay? Illegal and legal earnings through emerging adulthood
Selection, stability, and spuriousness
Leaving the gang is good for your health
Storming the Capital
Gang Identity Across the Life Course
The Contribution of Gang Membership to the Victim–Offender Overlap
The Status of the Surveilled
Understanding the Role of Violence and Conflict in the Stages of Gang Membership
When prison gangs become organized crime
Public Perceptions of Gangs
Counselling approaches to support former gang members in constructing new careers
“I Still Love My Hood”
Competing for Control
| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |