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Title: The Joan Moore Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1978 - 2004
Collection number: 96
Creator: Joan
Moore
Extent:
Approximately 28 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: This collection of approximately 28 linear
feet of papers represents the background research underlying Dr. Joan
Moore's groundbreaking books and research studies. Chief among them are
her books: Homeboy: Gangs, Drugs and Prison in the Barrios of Los
Angeles (Temple University Press, 1979) and Going Down to the Barrio
(Temple University Press, 1992) Both of which are widely respected for
their insights into Mexican American gangs. Dr. Moore's "Drug Posses,
Gangs and the Underclass in Milwaukee" study focuses on the African
American community. Methodologically these studies expand the Chicago
School's community research approach by incorporating actual gang
members into the research team. More importantly, Dr. Moore's findings
have provided important theoretical insights into deviance and social
problems.
Physical location: Currently housed at the UCLA Chicano
Studies Research Center Library and Archive, 144 Haines Hall. In the
future the collection will be stored off site at the UCLA Southern
Regional Library Facility. Please allow 72 Hours notice for the paging
of archives.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Collection is open for research. To view the collection or any part
of it, you must fill out our Archival Research Application.
http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/library/archival_research_app.shtml
For students and faculty researchers of UCLA, all others by
permission only. Copyright has not been assigned to the Chicano Studies
Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist and/or the
Librarian at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research
Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be
obtained.
[Identification of item], The Joan Moore Papers, 96, Chicano Studies
Research Center, UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles.
This collection was donated by the University of Milwaukee Wisconsin
on behalf of Dr. Joan Moore.
Dr. Moore has made a major contribution to the social sciences in the
area of crime, drugs and gangs. No scholar is as widely cited as is Dr.
Joan Moore in this field. She has numerous articles, book chapters, and
books in this area. Her two books Homeboy: Gangs, Drugs and Prison in
the Barrios of Los Angeles (Temple University Press, 1979) and Going
Down to the Barrio (Temple University Press, 1992) are widely respected
for their insights into Mexican American gangs. Homeboys is considered
by many a "classic" in this field. More recently, her "Drug Posses,
Gangs and the Underclass in Milwaukee" study focuses on the African
American community. Methodologically these studies expand the Chicago
School's community research approach by incorporating actual gang
members into the research team. More importantly, Dr. Moore's findings
have provided important theoretical insights into deviance and social
problems.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Education
Ethnography
Joan Moore
Mexican Gangs
Sociology