God's gangs : barrio ministry, masculinity, and gang recovery

God's gangs : barrio ministry, masculinity, and gang recovery / Edward Orozco Flores.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Flores, Edward
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Hispanic American gangs > California > Los Angeles. Ex-gang members > Rehabilitation > California > Los Angeles. Ex-gang members > Services for > California > Los Angeles. Church work with Hispanic Americans > California > Los Angeles. Church and social problems > California > Los Angeles. Hispanic American men > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions.

Table of Contents:

The Latino crime threat: a century of race, marginality, and public policy in Los Angeles
Into the underclass or out of the barrio? Immigrant integration in Latino Los Angeles
Recovery from gang life: two models of faith and reintegration
Reformed barrio masculinity: eight cases of recovery from gang life
Masculinity and the podium: discourse in gang recovery
From shaved to saved: embodied gang recovery.