Navigating the Thin Line between Education and Incarceration: An Action Research Case Study on Gang-Associated Latino Youth

Autor/in	Rios, Victor M.
Titel	Navigating the Thin Line between Education and Incarceration: An Action Research Case Study on Gang-Associated Latino Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 15 (2010) 1-2, S.200-212 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-4669
Schlagwörter	Mentors; Action Research; Focus Groups; Ethnography; Public Relations; Young Adults; Academic Aspiration; Adolescents; Workshops; Community Centers; Case Studies; Hispanic Americans; Law Enforcement; Dropouts; Cooperation; Social Integration; Community Colleges; Outcomes of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Ethnografie; Public relation work; Öffentlichkeitsarbeit; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Gesetzesvollzug; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Co-operation; Kooperation; Soziale Integration; Community college; Community College; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	This article examines data collected from an ethnographic research project conducted with 56 gang-associated Latino youths ages 15 to 21 from 2007 to 2009. The objectives of the study were to examine how poor Latino gang-associated youths perceived schooling and policing and to find out if the research process could promote educational aspirations among this population. Data from extensive observations, focus groups, interviews, and workshops with gang-associated youths at a continuation high school, a community center, and on the streets are presented. These young people encountered a multitude of negative interactions with authority figures on a daily basis. These adversities impacted their views of future outcomes: Many attributed having dropped out of school to negative treatment. Based on preliminary findings, I collaborated with the community in an attempt to help these young people reintegrate into school and the community. As a group, we implemented a mentoring program, a gender-specific workshop series, a community-college awareness program, and a once-a-week workshop series with "shot-callers" (the influential leaders of the gang). In this article, I specifically focus on the outcomes of this action research with street-oriented youths and the methodological approach involved in undertaking such an endeavor. I find that, what I call, a "public relations" approach facilitated the transformation process in some youth. (Contains 7 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10