![]() ![]() The gang members' emerging masculinity and identity combined with a youth culture to create a volatile mix of alienation and violence. He analyzes the relationship between the formation of gender identity and gangs, specifically the ways young men used gangs to define themselves as men. Schneider explores the meaning of belonging to a gang and suggests that the lack of economic opportunity in the post-war New York economy led many working-class young men to turn to gangs and the streets. ![]() As many communities struggle to understand recent juvenile violence, Eric Schneider's new book about the lives of young men in New York City who joined gangs after World War II offers insight into their motives. Public concern with juvenile crime and its increasingly violent nature has prompted many politicians to reconsider American policy and institutions for juveniles. Reviewed by Jennifer Trost (Department of History, Saint Leo University) Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. ![]() Vampires, Dragons and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs in Postwar New York. ![]()
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