Gangs and immigrant youth / Kyung-Seok Choo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Choo, Kyung-Seok, 1969-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gangs--United States.

Gangs.

Juvenile delinquents--United States.

Juvenile delinquents.

Korean Americans.

Korean Americans--Social conditions.

Juvenile delinquency--United States.

Juvenile delinquency.

Violence--United States.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Choo explores group delinquency in the Asian American community. His primary focus is two youth groups, a Korean affiliated Chinese youth gang and a Korean delinquent group. The two groups have evolved through different processes and under different community circumstances. Both manifest differing patterns of delinquent activities and require different approaches to their problems. By analyzing the demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural characteristics of the Korean immigrant community, the book discusses the unique lifestyle of Korean-American immigrants in relation to their youth and group delinquency problem. Choo also explains the phenomenon of gangs and immigrant youth by detailed comparison of the emergence, development, persistence and change of theser two distinctive groups.

Contents:

Introduction

Review of the literature

Research method

The quality of Korean community life

Assimilation : comparison of general characteristics of delinquent groups and youth gangs

The delinquent group : Joong and his boys

The gang : Mo Ming Pai

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-257-7

OCLC:

646740997