Titre : | Mexican-American youth and adult prison gangs in a changing heroin market (2005) |
Titre traduit : | (Les jeunes mexicains-américains et les gangs d'adultes en prison dans l'évolution du marché de l'héroïne) |
Auteurs : | A. VALDEZ |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Journal of Drug Issues (Vol.35, n°4, Fall 2005) |
Article en page(s) : | 843-868 |
Note générale : |
Journal of Drug Issues, 2005, 35, (4), 843-868
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Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAR (Marchés / Markets) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique ETATS-UNISThésaurus mots-clés IMMIGRATION ; JEUNE ; HEROINE ; PRISON ; MARCHE DE LA DROGUE ; ORGANISATION CRIMINELLE ; ENQUETE ; DIFFUSION DES PRODUITS ; MILIEU URBAIN |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH :
This article focuses on the interaction between the larger communitys drugmarkets and youth and adult prison gangs, and the process that leads to specificadverse consequences both to the youth gangs as organizations, and to individualmembers. Described is the emergence of a restructured heroin market dominatedby an adult prison gang. A major consequence of this was the increasing use ofheroin among Mexican American gang members and their transformation fromautonomous youth gangs to extensions of the adult prison gangs or their demise.Data was collected from 160 members of 26 Mexican American youth gangs andkey informants in San Antonio. Findings focus on organizational rules, drug markettransformations, consequences on members, and the impact of heroin on thegangs organization. Discussed is how the dominance of prison gangs is relatedto the increased incarceration and recidivism rates of Mexican Americans anddeclining economic opportunities for urban minorities. (Review' s abstract) |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 45 |
Affiliation : | Etats-Unis. United States. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1301386 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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