The Gang

Question 1

Brazil Gangs

Answer 1

rise in drunk trading, against poorer

supergangs - dominate area

Question 2

The modern gang - Vankatesh

Answer 2

resources law, gang more organised and violent
recruit young men and dominate space - prisons

Question 3

Bourgois research in New York

Answer 3

ghettos, informal social order, coordinated activities, full time jobs not possible

group solidarity and hierarchy

Question 4

features of a gang

Answer 4

informal order, initiations, violence, collective interests, committing crime

Question 5

William Feate Whyte

Answer 5

street corner society
interaction
obligation
psychological dependence

Question 6

the bowling game

Answer 6

can’t undermine authority

Question 7

Anderson code of the streets

Answer 7

respect, turf wars

Question 8

Michoud - cohesive force

Answer 8

feud, superiority, compensation, economic, cohesive force

Question 9

Diego Gambetta - why prisoners fight

Answer 9

hierarchy

Question 10

Horowitz and Schwantz on gangs

Answer 10

honor
normative ambiguity surrounding violence
lack of legitimate means
poverty and discrimination

Question 11

Venkatesh on gangs

Answer 11

informal work
trust
lack legal protection
multiple income
structural inequality