Gangs, gang violence and intervention programs are the topics of discussion on Access Utah Tuesday. Lee Austin talks to Kaisa Kinikini, founder of Stand A Little Taller (SALT) and Enesto Perez, former gang member, about their work and the current gang situation in Utah.
In the second half of the hour John McDowell, author of “Poetry and Violence: The Ballad Tradition of Mexico’s Costa Chica,” speaks about the Mexican ballad tradition of the corrido and its complex relationship with violence.