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G-Dog and the Homeboys: Father Greg Boyle and the Gangs of East Los Angeles Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Fremon, Celeste (Author), Brokaw, Tom (Introduction by)
ISBN: 0826344852     ISBN-13: 9780826344854
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
OUR PRICE:   $22.46  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2008
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Annotation: This is an updated edition of the story of the gang scene in East L.A. and Father Gregory Boyle's innovative ministry and economic development efforts in the area.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies
- Social Science | Criminology
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2008015834
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 328 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
- Cultural Region - Southern California
- Religious Orientation - Catholic
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Ethnic Orientation - Chicano
- Ethnic Orientation - Latino
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Cultural Region - West Coast
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 14914
Reading Level: 6.0   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 17.0
 
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Publisher Description:

Father Gregory J. Boyle, SJ, is a native of Los Angeles, a Jesuit priest, and founder of Homeboy Industries, an economic development and jobs program begun in 1988 for at-risk and gang-involved youth. A great many kids in my neighborhood don't plan their futures; they plan their funerals. G-Dog and the Homeboys presents the story of Boyle's unconventional ministry and its extraordinary successes. In this expanded, updated edition, Celeste Fremon has returned to East L.A. to report on gang members she first profiled fifteen years ago. Using their individual stories as models, she examines what policy makers should know about gang intervention now, years later.


About the previous edition: Celeste Fremon] offers Father] Boyle as an example of how approaching gang violence with an eye towards prevention and intervention can be much more effective than simply aiming for 'lock-'em-up and-throw-away-the-key' suppression. Throughout she includes the words of the gang members themselves as they reflect on their lives and what would aid them in improving their circumstances. In this new edition, she adds an afterword that follows up on the fates of a number of the individuals discussed in the main body of the text.--streetgangs.com


Contributor Bio(s): Fremon, Celeste: - Celeste Fremon is a freelance journalist living in Los Angeles. She has retained close ties with Father Greg Boyle, Homeboy Industries, and the East L.A. Pico neighborhood residents.