It takes the average reader 4 hours and 28 minutes to read Youth Street Gangs by David C. Brotherton
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Gangs have been heavily pathologized in the last several decades. In comparison to the pioneering Chicago School's work on gangs in the 1920s we have moved away from a humanistic appraisal of and sensitivity toward the phenomenon and have allowed the gang to become a highly plastic folk devil outside of history. This pathologization of the gang has particularly negative consequences for democracy in an age of punishment, cruelty and coercive social control. This is the central thesis of David Brotherton’s new and highly contentious book on street gangs. Drawing on a wealth of highly acclaimed...
Youth Street Gangs by David C. Brotherton is 264 pages long, and a total of 67,056 words.
This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 6 minutes to read Youth Street Gangs aloud.
Youth Street Gangs is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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