SOCIOL 2310 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Elijah Anderson, Living Wage, Mexican Mafia
8 Mar 2017
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Esbensen and tusinkski (2007) reading inspiring: gang scholars that document the popular image of gangs by content analyzing the nation"s big three newsweeklies (newsweek, times, us news and world. Scholars/research focus on defining gangs: media = sensationalizes, ignores definitions, stereotypes, media describes gang as an exclusively male phenomenon, media reinforce the image of gang members as racial and ethnic minorities (85 . 90%: while scholars/research observe that gang members are white in white communities and black in black communities, example: gangland you rat, you die ms-13, brenda paz. Center reports increase in youth gangs and gang members during the same period: media stereotype focused on gang violence associated with drug sales ( spiraling out of control ) is only weakly supported in empirical literature. America along a social hierarchy, and privileges are afforded groups based on this order (relative group position) Protected by my guys : their status in the gang opens them up to possible victimization by.
