Citation

Valdez A, Sifaneck SJ. J. Res. Crime Delinq. 2004; 41(1): 82-105.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

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. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2004. Copyright © 2004 by SAGE Publications)

Texas
Hispanic Gang
Hispanic Crime
Hispanic Juvenile
Hispanic Adult
Hispanic Offender
Gang Crime
Gang Drug Trafficking
Adult Crime
Adult Offender
Adult Gang
Juvenile Crime
Juvenile Gang
Juvenile Offender
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