Robert A Roks
Robert A Roks
Building on the growing body of research on gang desistance and disengagement, this article focusses on the departure of 20 members of the Dutch Rollin 200 Crips during three years of ethnographic fieldwork (2011-2013) in a small neighborho...
Torin Monahan,Jill A Fisher
Torin Monahan
Establishing contacts and gaining permission to conduct ethnographic or qualitative research can be time-consuming and stressful processes. Gaining access can be especially challenging when representatives of prospective research sites see ...
Terry Williams,Eloise Dunlap,Bruce D Johnson et al.
Terry Williams et al.
Personal safety during fieldwork is seldom addressed directly in the literature. Drawing from many prior years of ethnographic research and from field experience while studying crack distributors in New York City, the authors provide a vari...
The Influence of Family and Peer Risk Networks on Drug Use Practices and Other Risks among Mexican American Noninjecting Heroin Users [0.03%]
墨西哥美国非注射海洛因使用者的家庭和同伴风险网络对其用药行为和其他风险的影响
Avelardo Valdez,Alan Neaigus,Charles D Kaplan
Avelardo Valdez
Noninjecting heroin use (NIU) is spreading among social networks of young Mexican American polydrug users. This article examines the influence of family and peer networks on NIU behavior and other drug practices and risks. This study deline...
STRONGER THAN DIRT: Public Humiliation and Status Enhancement among Panhandlers [0.03%]
化羞辱为自豪：乞讨者的地位博弈
Stephen E Lankenau
Stephen E Lankenau
Panhandlers or street beggars are a highly stigmatized collection of individuals. In addition to publicly displaying their homeless status, panhandlers suffer numerous other indignities while begging passersby for spare change. Despite thes...