G-Dog and the Homeboys : Father Greg Boyle and the Gangs of East Los Angeles
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0826344852
ISBN-13
9780826344854
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Imprint
University of New Mexico Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 30th, 2008
Print length
325 Pages
Weight
492 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.40 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Violence and abuse in societyViolence in society
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Father Gregory J Boyle, SJ, is a native of Los Angeles, a Jesuit priest, and founder of Homeboy Industries, an economic development and jobs program begun in 1988 for at-risk and gang-involved youth. This title presents the story of Boyle's unconventional ministry and its extraordinary successes.
Father Gregory J. Boyle, SJ, is a native of Los Angeles, a Jesuit priest, and founder of Homeboy Industries, an economic development and jobs program begun in 1988 for at-risk and gang-involved youth. ""A great many kids in my neighborhood don''t plan their futures; they plan their funerals."" ""G-Dog and the Homeboys"" presents the story of Boyle''s unconventional ministry and its extraordinary successes. In this expanded, updated edition, Celeste Fremon has returned to East L.A. to report on gang members she first profiled fifteen years ago. Using their individual stories as models, she examines what policy makers should know about gang intervention now, years later.
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