Urban violence and street gangs

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2003, Pages 225-242

  Vigil, James Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gang formation theories; Integrated and holistic frameworks; Urban studies

Indexed keywords

VIOLENCE;

EID: 2442497123     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.32.061002.093426     Document Type: Article

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