Puerto Rican Gangs: A Historical Overview

Puerto Rican Gangs: A Historical Overview

This article presents the problem of gangs on the island of Puerto Rico from a historical, economical, and political perspective. Some Puerto Rican historians are convinced that the gang problem in Puerto Rico is due to the political ambiguity and human rights violations of prison inmates (F. Picò,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of addictions & offender counseling 2005-04, Vol.25 (2), p.87-96
Hauptverfasser: Torres-Rivera, Edil, Phan, Loan T.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Academic Language
Colonialism
Correctional Institutions
Counseling
Cultural Influences
Cultural Pluralism
Death
Drug Abuse
Economic Status
Ethnicity
Foreign Countries
Gangs
Historians
History
Human rights
Juvenile Gangs
Land Settlement
Nationalism
Political Issues
Political persecution
Politics
Puerto Ricans
Puerto Rico
Social aspects
Social Problems
Violence
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Zusammenfassung:This article presents the problem of gangs on the island of Puerto Rico from a historical, economical, and political perspective. Some Puerto Rican historians are convinced that the gang problem in Puerto Rico is due to the political ambiguity and human rights violations of prison inmates (F. Picò, 1998).
ISSN:1055-3835
2161-1874
DOI:10.1002/j.2161-1874.2005.tb00195.x