It takes the average reader 3 hours and 40 minutes to read Barrio Gangs by James Diego Vigil
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Within the Mexican American barrios of Los Angeles, gang activity, including crime and violent acts, has grown and flourished. In the past, community leaders and law enforcement officials have approached the problem, not as something that needs to be understood, but only as something to be gotten rid of. Rejecting that approach, James D. Vigil asserts that only by understanding the complex factors that give birth and persistence to gangs can gang violence be ended. Drawing on many years of experience in the barrios as a youth worker, high school teacher, and researcher, Vigil identifies the...
Barrio Gangs by James Diego Vigil is 220 pages long, and a total of 55,000 words.
This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours to read Barrio Gangs aloud.
Barrio Gangs is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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