Puerto Rican Gangs: A Historical Overview

✍ Scribed by Edil Torres-Rivera; Loan T. Phan

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 639 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1055-3835
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1874.2005.tb00195.x

✦ Synopsis

This article presents the problem of gangs on the island of Puerto Rico from a historical, economical, and political perspective. Some Puerto Rican historians are convinced that the gang problem in Puerto Rico is due to the political ambiguity and human rights violations of prison inmates (F. Picò, 1998).