Beyond the lenses of the 'model" minority myth: A descriptive portrait of Asian gang members

Journal of Gang Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 37-58

  Tsunokai, Glenn T ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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