Abstract

ORDONEZ VALVERDE, Jorge. From Gangs to Bands. Transformations of the Gang Violence in Slums in Cali. Soc. Econ. [online]. 2017, n.32, pp.107-126. ISSN 1657-6357.

This article points out some features and raises some hypothesis on the recent transformation of the urban conflict in Cali (Colombia). It follows the transformation process from the entry of young people from gangs to criminal bands. It is based on interviews with gang members from neighborhoods Marroquín in Aguablanca and Alfonso López, community leaders and a member of a criminal band. It is about observing how this phenomenon causes changes in the cultural ethos of gangs: transformations in the way in which inhabit their territory, their use of time, motivations and reasons given for violence; and, changes the type of emotional configuration -modeling of emotions and feelings- social and psychological (Elias, 1990); which adapts to a progressive rationalization of violence. The central thesis is that gang violence mutates in the direction of progressive instrumentation, a utilitarian rationality also molding their psychology.

Keywords : organized crime; urban violence; culture of violence.

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