“…… [New Horizons Interview, April 22, 2009]Affiliation with a gang, neighborhood network, or “family” takes on legitimate meaning when considered in this light. Such ethnographic narratives of countercultural association among residents of inner‐city neighborhoods corroborate empirical data and analysis provided by David Brotherton and Luis Barrios () in their study of gang formation and transformation in New York City. Building on social movement theory and a street organization model, and lodged in an alternate definition of gangs, their research attempts to capture the recondite yet resonate substance of gangs and to broaden our theoretical and analytical sweep to include the “dynamic social, cultural, spiritual, and political trajectory of … contemporary street subcultures” (Brotherton and Barrios :23).…”
Section: Disrupting the Myth Of Restorative Neutrality: Collective Idsupporting
Restorative justice has gained ascendancy within both judicial systems and educational settings through which court-involved youth are resocialized as part of reintegration intervention. This article explores the conflict over collective representation at the intersections among public education, criminal justice, and restorative intervention. The author argues that restorative intervention must attempt to broaden its cultural reach and implicate the countercultural realities that exist at the margins of society and at the interstices of its own praxis. [restorative justice, conflict resolution, urban education; minority youth]
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“…… [New Horizons Interview, April 22, 2009]Affiliation with a gang, neighborhood network, or “family” takes on legitimate meaning when considered in this light. Such ethnographic narratives of countercultural association among residents of inner‐city neighborhoods corroborate empirical data and analysis provided by David Brotherton and Luis Barrios () in their study of gang formation and transformation in New York City. Building on social movement theory and a street organization model, and lodged in an alternate definition of gangs, their research attempts to capture the recondite yet resonate substance of gangs and to broaden our theoretical and analytical sweep to include the “dynamic social, cultural, spiritual, and political trajectory of … contemporary street subcultures” (Brotherton and Barrios :23).…”
Section: Disrupting the Myth Of Restorative Neutrality: Collective Idsupporting
Restorative justice has gained ascendancy within both judicial systems and educational settings through which court-involved youth are resocialized as part of reintegration intervention. This article explores the conflict over collective representation at the intersections among public education, criminal justice, and restorative intervention. The author argues that restorative intervention must attempt to broaden its cultural reach and implicate the countercultural realities that exist at the margins of society and at the interstices of its own praxis. [restorative justice, conflict resolution, urban education; minority youth]
Setting the Scene: New Horizons High SchoolThe main research site upon which this article builds constituted one of numerous educational institutions throughout the United States experimenting with restorative bs_bs_banner
“…However, it is still commonly assumed that an ethnographer’s ability to gain the trust of group members depends on his or her degree of similarity to them. This factor may explain the predominance of male researchers in ethnographic studies of members of male-dominated groups who engage in illicit activities (see Bourgois 2003; Brotherton and Barrios 2004; van Gemert and Fleisher 2005; Jacobs 1999; Sandberg 2010; Tertilt 1996; Venkatesh 2008; Vigil 2007; Williams 1989). Criminological researchers widely believe that male researchers have an easier time conducting research in the often violent and male-dominated world of drug dealers and street criminals.…”
It is commonly assumed that successful ethnographers strive for insider status and avoid being regarded as an outsider. Very often and especially within criminology, an ethnographer’s ability to gain the trust of research participants is linked to his or her degree of similarity to them, particularly with respect to gender. By describing the research dynamics between an all-male group of second-generation immigrants in Frankfurt/Germany, the “gatekeepers” and myself—a female researcher of different socioeconomic and ethnic background—I suggest that being an outsider in general and a female in particular is not a liability one necessarily needs to overcome. I propose that achieving status as an outsider trusted with “inside knowledge” may provide the ethnographer with a different perspective and different data than that potentially afforded by insider status.
“…Chicago is a major hub of the Latin King and Queen nation (Brotherton & Barrios, 2004). Not surprisingly, the Latin Kings have a notable presence in Indianapolis, which is only about a 3-hr drive from Chicago.…”
This article explores the role of migration in the recent emergence of Latino street gangs in a large, Midwestern city. Like many other places in the region, Indianapolis, Indiana, has witnessed the growing presence of Latino street gangs over the past decade. Seizing on the opportunity to document and analyze the early stages of formation, competing theoretical perspectives on how and why these gangs emerged are evaluated. The work is supplemented by insights gained in ethnographic work with Latino gang members, nongang Latino residents, public school employees, and police. The result is a contemporary historiography of Latino gang emergence, framed by a description of the social and structural context in which these groups are situated.
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