Racialization of the Street Gang Issue in Montréal: A Police Perspective

Type of resource
Author/collaborator
Title
Racialization of the Street Gang Issue in Montréal: A Police Perspective
Abstract
An examination of the work of the SPCUM as it tackles the on-going street gang issue in Montreal. The author analyzes the “racialization” process and the significance of ethnicity for understanding street gang culture. The SPCUM identifies five “ethnic groups” from which street gangs originate: Jamaican, Haitian, Asiatic, Latino and extreme right. “Extreme right” in this context denotes Caucasians (either Anglophone or Francophone).
Publication
Canadian Ethnic Studies/Études ethniques au Canada
Volume
Vol. 31
Issue
no. 1
Pages
124-138
Date
1999
Language
en
Citation
Symons, Gladys. “Racialization of the Street Gang Issue in Montréal: A Police Perspective.” Canadian Ethnic Studies/Études ethniques au Canada Vol. 31, no. 1 (1999): 124–138.
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