The modern gang reader /

The modern gang reader / [edited by] Arlen Egley, Jr. ... [et al.].

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Egley, Arlen.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : Roxbury Pub. Co., c2006.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Gangs > United States.
Juvenile delinquents > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Section I: DEFINING AND UNDERSTANDING GANGS.
  • Chapter 1: Defining and Researching Gangs.
  • Chapter 2: The History of Gang Research.
  • Chapter 3: A Multiple Marginality Framework of Gangs.
  • Chapter 4: Antecedents of Gang Membership.
  • Chapter 5: Getting Into Gangs.
  • Chapter 6: Leaving the Gang.
  • Section II: DISTRIBUTION AND STRUCTURES OF GANGS.
  • Chapter 7: Recent Patterns of Gang Problems in the United States: Results from the 1996-2002 National Youth Gang Survey.
  • Chapter 8: The Evolution of Street Gangs: An Examination of Form and Variation.
  • Chapter 9: Street Gangs: A Cross-National Perspective.
  • Chapter 10: Gang Members on the Move.
  • Chapter 11: Inside the Fremont Hustlers.
  • Chapter 12: The Working Gang.
  • Chapter 13: An Overview of the Challenge of Prison Gangs.
  • Section III: RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER IN GANGS.
  • Chapter 14: Race and Gender Differences Between Gang and Nongang Youths.
  • Chapter 15: Chinese Gangs and Extortion.
  • Chapter 16: Patterns of Ethnic Violence in a Frankfurt Street Gang.
  • Chapter 17: Female Gangs: A Focus on Research.
  • Chapter 18: The Impact of Sex Composition on Gangs and Gang Member Delinquency.
  • Section IV: GANGS, VIOLENCE, AND DRUGS.
  • Chapter 19: Membership in Youth Gangs and Involvement in Serious and Violent Offending.
  • Chapter 20: Gang Involvement and Delinquency in a Middle School Population.
  • Chapter 21: Situations of Violence in the Lives of Girl Gang Members.
  • Chapter 22: Defining Gang Homicide: An Updated Look at Member and Motive Approaches.
  • Chapter 23: Gang Homicide in L.A., 1981-2001.
  • Chapter 24: Street Gang Crime in Chicago.
  • Chapter 25: 'Getting High and Getting By': Dimensions of Drug Selling Behaviors Among American Mexican Gang Members in South Texas.
  • Section V: PROGRAMS AND POLICIES.
  • Chapter 26: Public Policy Responses to Gangs: Evaluating the Outcomes.
  • Chapter 27: G-Dog and the Homeboys.
  • Chapter 28: New Approaches to the Strategic Prevention of Gang and Group-Involved Violence.
  • Chapter 29: A Study of Police Gang Units in Six Cities.
  • Chapter 30: Gang Problems and Gang Programs in a National Sample of Schools.
  • Chapter 31: The National Evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program.
  • Chapter 32: Antigang Legislation and Its Potential Impact: The Promises and the Pitfalls.
  • Chapter 33: For the Sake of the Neighborhood?: Civil Gang Injunctions as a Gang Intervention Tool in Southern California.

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