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C h a p t e r T h r e eA ​ H I s t oR y ​ o F ​t H E ​C uA t R o ​ F L At s​B A R R Io ​ G A N GAn important part of the investigation into gang and non-gang families in the Pico-Aliso family housing community in East Los Angeles is understanding the history of the dominant gang in the area—Cuatro Flats. It is a long and deep history that began in the 1930s and has continued to the present. This chapter presents the background to the gang and shows how it began, grew, and slowly transformed itself into a street entity with so many of the self-destructive elements common to gangs in Los Angeles today. Family life in the project community also deteriorated during this span as what began as mostly working poor, two-parent households gradually evolved to include many more poor, single-parent households. The measured devolution of the Cuatro Flats gang and its original intentions to serve as a community pro-tector parallel the descent of Pico Gardens itself into its present state of disrepair and despair.Both gang and community began as strong, reasonably connected enti-ties serving to hold together the people of Pico Gardens, a concentration of low-income citizens who congregated in one place to receive public assis-tance in weathering the tail end of the Great Depression. At the beginning of World War II, the New Deal provided public housing aimed to help people who helped themselves, and Pico Gardens residents were the working poor. However, both the people and, shortly thereafter, the gang were affected by the poverty and isolation that arose in Pico Gardens and other communities. It was a shaky but still-tolerable foundation. In the ensuing decades, how-ever, a slow but steady disintegration transpired.Pico-Aliso (two contiguous housing developments, Pico Gardens and Aliso Village) is the largest grouping of public housing projects west of the
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C h a p t e r T h r e eA ​ H I s t oR y ​ o F ​t H E ​C uA t R o ​ F L At s​B A R R Io ​ G A N GAn important part of the investigation into gang and non-gang families in the Pico-Aliso family housing community in East Los Angeles is understanding the history of the dominant gang in the area—Cuatro Flats. It is a long and deep history that began in the 1930s and has continued to the present. This chapter presents the background to the gang and shows how it began, grew, and slowly transformed itself into a street entity with so many of the self-destructive elements common to gangs in Los Angeles today. Family life in the project community also deteriorated during this span as what began as mostly working poor, two-parent households gradually evolved to include many more poor, single-parent households. The measured devolution of the Cuatro Flats gang and its original intentions to serve as a community pro-tector parallel the descent of Pico Gardens itself into its present state of disrepair and despair.Both gang and community began as strong, reasonably connected enti-ties serving to hold together the people of Pico Gardens, a concentration of low-income citizens who congregated in one place to receive public assis-tance in weathering the tail end of the Great Depression. At the beginning of World War II, the New Deal provided public housing aimed to help people who helped themselves, and Pico Gardens residents were the working poor. However, both the people and, shortly thereafter, the gang were affected by the poverty and isolation that arose in Pico Gardens and other communities. It was a shaky but still-tolerable foundation. In the ensuing decades, how-ever, a slow but steady disintegration transpired.Pico-Aliso (two contiguous housing developments, Pico Gardens and Aliso Village) is the largest grouping of public housing projects west of the
© 2021 University of Texas Press

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  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. FOREWORD ix
  4. PREFACE xiii
  5. ONE. Introduction 1
  6. TWO. Rationale and Methods 20
  7. THREE. A History of the Cuatro Flats Barrio Gang 39
  8. FOUR. T he Gang Subculture: Change and Continuity 54
  9. FIVE. The Pico Gardens Clique 71
  10. SIX. A Gang Life 94
  11. SEVEN. Cholas in the World of Gangs 106
  12. EIGHT. Why Children Either Avoid or Affiliate with Gangs 126
  13. NINE. Families Not Involved with Gangs 141
  14. TEN. A Closer Look at Gang-Affiliated Families 158
  15. ELEVEN. Gang Prevention and Intervention Strategies over Time 177
  16. TWELVE. Conclusion and Recommendations 195
  17. REFERENCES 213
  18. INDEX 227
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Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. FOREWORD ix
  4. PREFACE xiii
  5. ONE. Introduction 1
  6. TWO. Rationale and Methods 20
  7. THREE. A History of the Cuatro Flats Barrio Gang 39
  8. FOUR. T he Gang Subculture: Change and Continuity 54
  9. FIVE. The Pico Gardens Clique 71
  10. SIX. A Gang Life 94
  11. SEVEN. Cholas in the World of Gangs 106
  12. EIGHT. Why Children Either Avoid or Affiliate with Gangs 126
  13. NINE. Families Not Involved with Gangs 141
  14. TEN. A Closer Look at Gang-Affiliated Families 158
  15. ELEVEN. Gang Prevention and Intervention Strategies over Time 177
  16. TWELVE. Conclusion and Recommendations 195
  17. REFERENCES 213
  18. INDEX 227
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