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Pih KK, DE LA Rosa M, Rugh D, et al. DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT GANGS? AN ANALYSIS OF CAPITAL AMONG LATINO AND ASIAN GANG MEMBERS. Sociol Perspect. 2008;51(3):473-494doi: 10.1525/sop.2008.51.3.473.
Pih, K. K., DE LA Rosa, M., Rugh, D., & Mao, K. (2008). DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT GANGS? AN ANALYSIS OF CAPITAL AMONG LATINO AND ASIAN GANG MEMBERS. Sociological perspectives : SP : official publication of the Pacific Sociological Association, 51(3), 473-494. https://doi.org/10.1525/sop.2008.51.3.473
Pih, Kay Kei-Ho, et al. "DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT GANGS? AN ANALYSIS OF CAPITAL AMONG LATINO AND ASIAN GANG MEMBERS." Sociological perspectives : SP : official publication of the Pacific Sociological Association vol. 51,3 (2008): 473-494. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/sop.2008.51.3.473
Pih KK, DE LA Rosa M, Rugh D, Mao K. DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT GANGS? AN ANALYSIS OF CAPITAL AMONG LATINO AND ASIAN GANG MEMBERS. Sociol Perspect. 2008 Aug 01;51(3):473-494. doi: 10.1525/sop.2008.51.3.473. PMID: 19578563; PMCID: PMC2705161.
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Sociol Perspect. 2008 Aug 01;51(3):473-494. doi: 10.1525/sop.2008.51.3.473.

DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT GANGS? AN ANALYSIS OF CAPITAL AMONG LATINO AND ASIAN GANG MEMBERS.

Sociological perspectives : SP : official publication of the Pacific Sociological Association

Kay Kei-Ho Pih, Mario DE LA Rosa, Douglas Rugh, Kuoray Mao

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  1. California State University, Northridge.

PMID: 19578563 PMCID: PMC2705161 DOI: 10.1525/sop.2008.51.3.473

Abstract

Gang activity and membership were noted to be significantly related to financial rewards. As such, gang membership and gang activity should also be understood from an economic perspective. In this article, Pierre Bourdieu's framework of capital is used to analyze two separate samples of Latino and Asian gang members. Stark contrasts in socioeconomic backgrounds are recorded among the two samples of gang members, and gang membership and activities are also noticeably dissimilar. Accessibility to economic, cultural, and social capital is argued to affect gang membership and activities. The results suggest that the availability of legitimate and illegitimate capital greatly affects the trajectory and the length of gang involvement. Also, gangs provide significant material and social capital for the respondents of the study.

References

  1. J Res Crime Delinq. 2004 Feb 1;41(1):82-105 - PubMed

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