The Gang Paradox: Inequalities and Miracles on the U.S.-Mexico Border

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Durán, Robert J., author.

Title: The gang paradox : inequalities and miracles on the U.S.-Mexico border / Robert J. Durán.

Description: New York : Columbia University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018019751 | ISBN 9780231181068 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231181075 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231543439 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Gangs—Mexican-American Border Region. | Crime—Mexican-American Border Region. | Youth—Mexican-American Border Region—Social conditions. | Mexican-American Border Region—Social conditions.

Classification: LCC HV6439.M58 D87 2018 | DDC 364.106/609721—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018019751

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