The Projects: Gang and Non-Gang Families in East Los Angeles

by James Diego Vigil

Book Overview

2008 -- ALLA Prize for Best Book on Latina/o Anthropology

The Pico Gardens housing development in East Los Angeles has a high percentage of resident families with a history of persistent poverty, gang involvement, and crime. In some families, members of three generations have belonged to gangs. Many other Pico Gardens families, however, have managed to avoid the cycle of gang involvement.

In this work, Vigil adds to the tradition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292717318
• ISBN13: 9780292717312
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"