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ERIC Number: EJ807269
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-4278
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"Getting High and Getting By": Dimensions of Drug Selling Behaviors among American Mexican Gang Members in South Texas
Valdez, Avelardo; Sifaneck, Stephen J.
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, v41 n1 p82-105 2004
This article discerns the role that Mexican American gang members play in drug markets, and the relationship between gang members' drug use and drug selling in South Texas. A four-part typology based on the two dimensions of gang type and gang member emerged from this qualitative analysis of 160 male gang members: Homeboys, Hustlers, Slangers, and Ballers. Major findings include the following: (1) many gang members are user/sellers and are not profit-oriented dealers, (2) gangs commonly do extend "protection" to drug-selling members, and (3) proximity to Mexican drug markets, adult prison gangs, and criminal family members may play important roles in whether these gang members have access and the profit potential to actually deal drugs. This research contributes to our complex intersections between gangs, drug using, and drug selling. (Contains 1 figure and 3 notes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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