what gangs taught me about violence, drugs, love, and redemption
When the author began studying Los Angeles gang violence in 2002, a child or teenager was killed by gunfire every three hours and homicide was the leading cause of death for African American males between the ages of fifteen and thiry-four. Not much has changed today. Going beyond the statistics, she got to know murderers, drug dealers, victims and grieving mothers as she seached for answers to stop the violence.
