A world of gangs; armed young men and gangsta culture.9780816650668 A world of gangs; armed young men and gangsta Noun 1. gangsta - (Black English) a member of a youth gang AAVE, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics - a nonstandard form of American English culture. Hagedorn, John M. U. of Minnesota Press 2008 198 pages $24.95 Hardcover Globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation and community series; v. 14 HV6437 Analyzing gang culture in Chicago in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r in Brazil, Capetown in South Africa, and elsewhere, Hagedorn
(criminal justice, U. of Illinois) argues that gangs are but one form of
alienated and angry groups that are a fundamental and long-term urban
characteristic of the global era and that they can morph into ethnic
militias, drug posses, vigilantes vigilantes (vĭjĭlăn`tēz), members of a vigilance committee. Such committees were formed in U.S. frontier communities to enforce law and order before a regularly constituted government could be established or have real authority. , mercenaries, political parties, and
even religious police. He also argues that gang identities are forged in
the history of racial and ethnic oppression and resistance to it and
that such identities provide more life- affirming opportunities to link
gangs to social movements as a means of helping them overcome their
violent tendencies.
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