The Gang Paradox: Inequalities and Miracles on the U.S.-Mexico Border

by Robert J. Duran and Robert J. Durán

The areas along the U.S.-Mexico border are commonly portrayed as a hot spot for gang activity, drug trafficking, and violence. Yet when Robert J. Dur n conducted almost a decade's worth of ethnographic research in border towns between El Paso, Texas, and southern New Mexico--a region notorious for gang activity, according to federal officials--he found significantly less gang membership and activity than common fearmongering claims would have us...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231181078
• ISBN13: 9780231181075
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"