Gang identity or self-expression? Researchers look beyond the surface of “gang clothing” and appearance
Baggy pants, a red bandana, a long belt hanging from the waist: Signs of gang identity or merely expressions of emerging identity? As problems of gang behavior escalate and spread, the need to understand gang identity through clothing and appearance becomes critical. Do dr...
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doaj-077a3fe9ac844e5a9fa30335bdfae2fd2020-11-25T02:05:49ZengUniversity of California Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCalifornia Agriculture0008-08452160-80911994-12-01487444810.3733/ca.v048n07p4410.3733/cav048n07_18Gang identity or self-expression? Researchers look beyond the surface of “gang clothing” and appearanceJanet Hethorn0J. Hethorn is Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Design, UC DavisBaggy pants, a red bandana, a long belt hanging from the waist: Signs of gang identity or merely expressions of emerging identity? As problems of gang behavior escalate and spread, the need to understand gang identity through clothing and appearance becomes critical. Do dress codes alleviate gang-related problems? Or do they create other problems? The way we present ourselves is a silent form of communication that is as often creatively benign as it is potentially dangerous.http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v048n07p44 |
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Baggy pants, a red bandana, a long belt hanging from the waist: Signs of gang identity
or merely expressions of emerging identity? As problems of gang behavior escalate
and spread, the need to understand gang identity through clothing and appearance becomes
critical. Do dress codes alleviate gang-related problems? Or do they create other
problems? The way we present ourselves is a silent form of communication that is as
often creatively benign as it is potentially dangerous. |
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