Here he takes the time to explain the dynamic social forces of street survival in terms of location, clothing, and gang association. He immediately makes it clear that avoiding gang members is never an easy thing and is not considered dangerous. It is “non-negotiable”, underlines Garot (p.90). These young people constantly reveal themselves, to older students, even adults, as being “struck”. In these situations, young people must validate their street spirit and their know-how (Garot 2010, p.91). The second concept of differential association theory states that “criminal behavior is learned through interactions with other people in a communicative process. . . verbal or non-verbal” (Conklin 2013, p.188). Older gang members pass on these criminal skills and techniques to younger schoolchildren, prefacing them in a way that they need to know these things to survive. In many of these cases, the children believe this and view these criminals as protection they can count on. This is where Garot doesn't convince me at all. The author uses the second section to connect the accounts of some minority boys to the evidence of this initiation and persuasive rituals. Nowhere does Garot explore other possible paths to another positive leadership, nor does he attempt to