Before Crips by Akil S. Batani-Khalfani PAPERBACK 9781439921982

Before Crips\nby Akil S. Batani-Khalfani\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Akil S. Batani-Khalfani\nTitle: Before Crips\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Urban communities\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S.\nPublication year: 2022\nISBN-13: 9781439921982\nISBN-10: 1439921989\nRRP: \u00A323.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThis groundbreaking book opens the door on the missing record of South Los Angeles juvenile gangs. It is the result of the unique friendship that developed between John Quicker and Akil Batani-Khalfani, aka Bird, who collaborated to show how structural marginality transformed hang-out street groups of non-White juveniles into gangs, paving the way for the rise of the infamous Crips and Bloods.Before Cripsuses a macro historical analysis to sort thr.