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4j03cz32m68	Robert E. Brenneman	From Homie to Hermano: Conversion and Gang Exit in Central America	2009		.txt	text/plain	339	11	28	In addition, highly public emotional conversion experiences provided some exiting gang members with opportunities for the discharge of chronic shame, a key emotion underlying male violence (Scheff 2004; Gilligan 1996). I conclude that conversion to evangelical-Pentecostal religion provides former gang members with new access to social and symbolic resources crucial for keeping safe, building trust, and finding work after leaving the gang.	cache/4j03cz32m68.txt	txt/4j03cz32m68.txt