Out of the Red

My Life of Gangs, Prison, and Redemption

Christian L. Bolden (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

234 Seiten

2020
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-0453-1 (ISBN)

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Presets one man's groundbreaking story of how social forces and personal choices intertwined to deliver an unfortunate fate. Despite all odds, he forged a new path through education, ultimately achieving the seemingly impossible for a formerly incarcerated ex-gangbanger.

Frank Tannenbaum Outstanding Book Award from the American Society of Criminology
Faculty Senate Award for Research from Loyola University New Orleans

Out of the Red is one man's pathbreaking story of how social forces and personal choices combined to deliver an unfortunate fate. After a childhood of poverty, institutional discrimination, violence, and being thrown away by the public education system, Bolden's life took him through the treacherous landscape of street gangs at the age of fourteen. The Bloods offered a sense of family, protection, excitement, and power. Incarcerated during the Texas prison boom, the teenage former gangster was thrust into a fight for survival as he navigated the perils of adult prison. As mass incarceration and prison gangs swallowed up youth like him, survival meant finding hope in a hopeless situation and carving a path to his own rehabilitation. Despite all odds, he forged a new path through education, ultimately achieving the seemingly impossible for a formerly incarcerated ex-gangbanger.

CHRSTIAN L. BOLDEN is an associate professor of criminology and justice at Loyola University in New Orleans. From 2012-2013, he was the "Futurist in Residence" Research Fellow for the FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit. His research focuses on gang social networks, gang organizational processes, and human trafficking.

List of Images
List of Tables
List of Figures
Prologue
Introduction
Part I - Gangs
Poverty
Adultism
Neighborhoods
Bangin' in San Antone
Escalation
Purgatory
Part II - Prison
Texas Hold 'em
Fellowship
Between the Lines
Transitions
Wally World
Starting from the Bottom
Letters
Part III - Redemption
Outcast
Freedom
Pinnacles
Acknowledgements
Appendix - San Antonio Gang Member Interviews
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.09.2020
Zusatzinfo	12 b&w images, 3 color images, 10 tables
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-9788-0453-9 / 1978804539
ISBN-13	978-1-9788-0453-1 / 9781978804531
Zustand	Neuware