Gangbangs and drive-bys: grounded culture and juvenile gang violence

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Problem -- An Ethnography of Situations -- Grounded Culture -- Defining Gangs and Gang Activities -- Sociological Conceptualizations -- Gangs and Grounded Values -- 2. Situations and Gang Violence -- Situations to Try One's Mettle -- Grounded Values, Gang Situations, and Gang Subcultures -- Notes -- 3. Patterns of Gang Violence -- Historical Overview of San Diego Gangs -- Ethnic Composition of San Diego and Its Gangs -- Patterns of Gang Activity -- Patterns of Violent Situations -- Trends -- Notes -- 4. Drive-Bys -- Introduction -- The Drive-By Shooting in the Context of Gang Warfare -- Strategic Interaction and Drive-By Shootings -- Grounded Values and the Drive-By Shooting -- Action and the Drive-By Shooting -- Normative and Strategic Interaction in Drive- By Shootings -- Situations of Drive-By Shootings -- Conclusion -- 5. Gangbangs -- Introduction -- Gangbangs in the Context of Gang Warfare -- Situations of the Gangbang -- Behavioral Settings and Occasions of Gangbangs -- Summary and Conclusions -- 6. Other Types of Gang Violence -- Introduction -- Gang Violence and Non-Gang Members -- Robberies -- Extortion -- Assaults -- Rape -- Summary -- 7. Mexican-American Gang Styles -- Introduction -- Se Té Va Caer el Canton (Your House is Going to Fall Down -- Primacy of the Territory and Homeboys -- The Cholo Style -- Mexican-American Gang Structure -- Gang Orientation -- Summary -- 8. African-American Gang Styles -- Introduction -- Crips and Bloods -- Primacy of Making Money -- Gang Organization -- Gang Routines -- Summary -- 9. Other Youth Gangs -- Introduction -- Who's Involved -- Filipino Gangs -- Southeast Asian Gangs -- Who's Who? -- The Yellow Peril