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Books on: (youth OR juvenile OR teen OR teens OR teenage) AND (gang OR gangs)

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Winning the War against Youth Gangs: A Guide for Teens, Families, and Communities

Book by Valerie Wiener; Greenwood Press, 1999

Subjects:

Gang Members--United States--Rehabilitation, Gang Prevention--United States--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Gangs--United States--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Juvenile Delinquency--United States--Prevention

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...themselves after people they admire. For most youths, these early role models are their parents...Mira Kirshanbaum, in her book Parent/Teen Breakthrough 1991 , responds to the universal...preferences, sexual orientation, where the teen lives, the teens level of ambition, and what the teen likes to do for fun. Two additional...
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Teen Gangs: A Global View

Book by Maureen P. Duffy, Scott Edward Gillig; Greenwood Press, 2004

Subjects:

Gangs--Cross-Cultural Studies, Juvenile Delinquency--Cross-Cultural Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...OVERVIEW AND IMPACT OF TEEN GANGS Malaysia is a developing...upward mobility. Although juvenile criminal activity is an emerging...presently the issue of teenage gansterism or teen gangs is not identified or...problem. Social problems with youth in the country are identified and tracked as juvenile delinquency, juvenile crime...
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Juvenile Gangs

Book by Gilbert Geis; U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1965

Subjects:

Gangs, Juvenile Delinquency--United States

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The New York City Youth Board was organized in...efforts to combat fighting gangs were carried or, by...medieval desmesnes of the gangs, with instructions to...establish a liaison with gang members and to exploit...purpose of re-channeling gang activities into acceptable...dealing with more than 100 gangs located throughout the...work with antisocial teen-age gangs is the building...
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Manufacturing the Gang: Mexican American Youth Gangs on Local Television News

Book by RaÚl Damacio Tovares; Greenwood Press, 2002

Subjects:

Gangs--Press Coverage--United States, Mexican American Criminals--Press Coverage--United States, Mexican American Youth--Press Coverage--United States, Television Broadcasting Of News--United States

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youth gang. Bogardus 1926 , quoting...the Mexican American youth gang. Such an association facilitated...addicted Mexican American youth gang stereotype. What these examples...illustrate is that the model of teenage gang behavior, that is, fighting...role of Mexican American youths within this model to make it appear as if gangs were synonymous with Mexican...serving as scapegoats for the juvenile delinquency problem that...contextualized Mexican American teens within the model of gang...
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Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective

Book by Terence P. Thornberry, Marvin D. Krohn, Alan J. Lizotte, Carolyn A. Smith, Kimberly Tobin; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Adolescent Psychology--New York (State)--Rochester--Longitudinal Studies, Gang Members--New York (State)--Rochester--Psychology--Longitudinal Studies, Gangs--New York (State)--Rochester--Longitudinal Studies, Juvenile Delinquency--New York (State)--Rochester--Longitudinal Studies

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Department, 27 , 42 Rochester Youth Development Study, i, 4...behavior, 112 21 predicting gang membership, 89 92, 93 5...192 , 194 , 195 stability of gang membership, see gang membership, stability of...164 Taylor, Carl, 1 , 96 , teenage parenthood, see disorderly...temporal order, 88 theories of juvenile gangs, 82 6 Thornberry, Terence...

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Journal Articles on: (youth OR juvenile OR teen OR teens OR teenage) AND (gang OR gangs)

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A Comparison between Mexican American Youth Who Are in Gangs and Those Who Are Not

Journal article by Hugo A. Tapia, Richard T. Kinnier, David P. Mackinnon; Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, Vol. 37, 2009

Subjects:

Acculturation--Methods, Assimilation (Sociology)--Methods, Gangs--Management, Juvenile delinquency--Control, Mexican American youth--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Mexican American Youth Who Are in Gangs and Those Who...Mexican American gang members and 43...la consejeria. Teenage gangs existed...Confronting gangs: Crime and community...1999 National Youth Gang Survey Fact sheet...Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...Promising programs for youth gang violence prevention...Serious and violent juvenile offenders: Risk...Encyclopedia of gangs. Westport, CT...
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Understanding Youth Gangs

Journal article by Rob White; Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 2002

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Australia, Children & youth, Criminology, Gangs, Juvenile delinquency

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...general, but it can exacerbate juvenile offending in specific cases...highly organised, and that the gangs, drugs and violence connection applies more to adult gangs than to youth gangs (Howell 2000). American...researchers have developed a range of gang typologies to describe diverse...
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Collateral Damage? Juvenile Snitches in America's "Wars" on Drugs, Crime, and Gangs

Journal article by Andrea L. Dennis; American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 46, 2009

Subjects:

Civilian casualties--Laws, regulations and rules, Gangs--Laws, regulations and rules, Juvenile delinquency--Laws, regulations and rules, Narcotics control--Laws, regulations and rules, Narcotics, Control of--Laws, regulations and rules

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...and experiences of juveniles who have served as...whether adult or juvenile. The practice of...focus on the use of juveniles as informants and...DRUGS, CRIME, AND GANGS Traditionally, jurisprudence...solving the crime, gang, and drug problems...the Means? Use of Juveniles as Government Informants...the discussion of juvenile informants. (9...Griffith, Demonizing Youth, 34 LOY. L.A...Drugs" and "War on Gangs"--can encourage...
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Mexican American Youth and Adult Prison Gangs in a Changing Heroin Market

Journal article by Avelardo Valdez; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 35, 2005

Subjects:

Adults, Children & youth, Gangs, Heroin, Hispanic Americans, Illegal drug operations, Recidivism, San Antonio Texas

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...was that the dealers teenage daughter, boyfriend...CHANGING HEROIN MARKET ON YOUTH GANGS AND MEMBERS INCREASED...delinquent nongang youths and gang members. They did...MEMBERS BY ADULT PRISON GANGS Another consequence...optation of members of the youth gangs. Pura Vida has recruited gang members either as independent...Many delinquent barrio youths have been eager to...
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Youth Gangs as Pseudo-Governments: Implications for Violent Crime

Journal article by Russell S. Sobel, Brian J. Osoba; Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 75, 2009

Subjects:

Gangs--Behavior, Teenagers--Behavior, Youth violence--Analysis, Youth--Behavior

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...explained by a good theory of gang formation is why these gangs are primarily present among youths and not adults. (8) The...enforcement and in sociology is that gangs employ and recruit youth members because these members...to obtain resources for the gang leaders. Data on the age...Youth Gang Survey (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention...

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Magazine Articles on: (youth OR juvenile OR teen OR teens OR teenage) AND (gang OR gangs)

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Corrections Must Lead the Fight against Youth Gangs: The Goal of the Juvenile Justice System Should Be to Turn Youthful Offenders into Responsible, Law-Abiding, Productive Citizens and to Diminish the Influence of Gangs

Magazine article by Brian Parry; Corrections Today, Vol. 71, February 2009

Subjects:

Administration of juvenile justice--Methods, Correctional institutions--Management, Criminal rehabilitation--Methods, Gangs--Influence, Gangs--Prevention, Juvenile justice, Administration of--Methods, Rehabilitation of criminals--Methods

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...Fight against Youth Gangs: The Goal of the Juvenile Justice System...epidemic. Our youths have gone...proliferation of gang violence in...leaders. The juvenile justice system...problem of youth gangs and violence...want to try teens as adults...Do we treat juvenile offenders...to punish juveniles as adults...high-risk youths in school...Talking with gang members of...they joined gangs were personal...
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Understanding and Responding to Youth Gangs: A Juvenile Corrections Approach

Magazine article by Lonnie Jackson; Corrections Today, Vol. 61, August 1999

Subjects:

Corrections--Technique, Gangs--Social aspects, Juvenile corrections--Technique, Rehabilitation of juvenile offenders--Technique

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...diverse needs of all their youths. This training will help...by county, as part of the juvenile crime and high-risk behavior...safety, accountability of juveniles and the reformation/rehabilitation...and Grasmick. 1993. In Youth gangs in America. Office of Juvenile...and David W. Roush. Youth gang problems in juvenile detention...Services. National Youth Gang Center. 1996. An overview...of Justice, 1997. Youth gangs in America. Spergel, Irving...
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The Development of a Gang; Exit Strategy: The Youth Ambassador's Leadership and Employment Project

Magazine article by Donald G. Evans, John Sawdon; Corrections Today, Vol. 66, October 2004

Subjects:

Gangs--Research, Juvenile delinquency--Research

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...actually fieldtest test the Youth Ambassador Leadership Employment...ages of 15 and 23, who were gang involved and out of school...stream of the comprehensive gang strategy was to facilitate the leadership skills of gang-involved youths who would reach out to other...continuing to participate in gangs. Starting the Project Gang...
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The Gangs of Manchester: The Story of the Scuttlers, Britain's First Youth Cult

Magazine article by Steven Humphries; History Today, Vol. 59, February 2009

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Gangs of Manchester: The Story of the Scuttlers, Britain's First Youth Cult (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Scuttlers, Britains First Youth Cult. by Steven Humphries...These malnourished teenage mill workers and factory...fighting between rival gangs. We are introduced...streets of Manchester, gangs like the Bengal Tigers...territorial battles, each gang armed with stones...energy and excitement of gang life, their pride...streetfighting girls in the gangs as well, scuttleresses...the energies of the youths in a more orderly way...
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Experts Fear New Gang Legislation Will Unfairly Target Minority Youth

Magazine article by Robin M. Bennefield; The Crisis, Vol. 112, July 2005

Subjects:

Bills, Children & youth, Gangs, Minority & ethnic groups, Violence

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Experts Fear New Gang Legislation Will Unfairly Target Minority Youth by Robin M. Bennefield In...taken many lives. But some youth advocates wonder if House...members as adults. Currently, juveniles can be charged as adults if...Project in Washington, D.C. Youth advocacy groups argue that...crimes. The Coalition for Juvenile Justice reports that in 18...

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Newspaper Articles on: (youth OR juvenile OR teen OR teens OR teenage) AND (gang OR gangs)

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TEEN GANG GIRL HID LOVER'S LOADED GUN; Cops Find Pistol after Pair Leave Youth Disco

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), October 9, 2009

Subjects:

Gangs, Teenagers, Youth

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

TEEN GANG GIRL HID LOVERS LOADED GUN; Cops Find Pistol after Pair Leave Youth Disco. Byline: PAUL BYRNE...minutes after leaving a church youth club disco after a tip-off...mind" it when they left the youth disco at Brunswick Church...
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I KNELT BESIDE MARY ANN AND WAITED TO DIE; TEARS AS TEEN TELLS OF GANG ATTACK HELL Pal 'Saw Victim Knifed to Death'

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), January 21, 2006

Subjects:

Gangs, Murder, Teenage girls

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...AND WAITED TO DIE; TEARS AS TEEN TELLS OF GANG ATTACK HELL Pal Saw Victim Knifed...By Aislinn Simpson A WEEPING teenage girl told a court yesterday...and waited to be murdered by a gang of rapists and torturers. The...hood off her face and saw a gang member plunge a knife repeatedly...
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VICTIMS OF A MOB; Teen Gang Are Brought to Justice

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), October 9, 2006

Subjects:

Gangs, Teenagers, Youth

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

VICTIMS OF A MOB; Teen Gang Are Brought to Justice. Byline...the terrifying moment when teenage louts ripped clumps of hair...a unprovoked beating by a teenage gang. The attack on the 39...behaviour order at Wirral youth court. He was also banned...following a trial a Wirral youth court. Another four youths, a boy, 17, girl, 18...
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Racism Blamed as Teen Held for Spitting on Cop; Calls to 000 as Gang Violence Erupts

Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), December 29, 2011

Subjects:

Gang violence, Gangs, Police, Police officers, Racism, Teenagers, Youth

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Racism Blamed as Teen Held for Spitting on Cop; Calls to 000 as Gang Violence Erupts. Byline: Adrian Taylor...have alleged there was a racial motive to gang violence in Rockhampton in the early hours...allegedly hit with a plank of wood by another juvenile. Police also allege a quantity of cash...
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19 HELD IN BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR SQ; THREE STABBED AS GANGS FIGHT ROUND NELSON'S COLUMN; TEEN THUGS WITH HOCKEY STICKS IN 90-MINUTE BRAWL; 'At First It Looked like a Flashmob, but Then Gangs Began Fighting'

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 18, 2011

Subjects:

Assault and battery, Gangs, Hockey, Sports violence, Teenagers, Violence in sports, Youth

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...TRAFALGAR SQ; THREE STABBED AS GANGS FIGHT ROUND NELSONS COLUMN; TEEN THUGS WITH HOCKEY STICKS IN...like a Flashmob, but Then Gangs Began Fighting. Byline: Justin...men were stabbed during mass gang fights in Trafalgar Square. Groups of youths armed with knives and hockey...afternoon. Onlookers described gangs of young men running into the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (youth OR juvenile OR teen OR teens OR teenage) AND (gang OR gangs)

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Gang

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...neighborhood traditions of gang delinquency, psychopathology...and ethnic status. Gangs provide acceptance and protection to inner-city youth; in Los Angeles gangs doubled from 400 in 1985...in 1990. See also juvenile delinquency . See L. Yablonsky, The Violent Gang (1962, repr. 1970...Myerhoff, Juvenile Gangs in Context (1967...
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Juvenile Delinquency

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY legal term for...definitions and age limits of juveniles vary, the maximum age being...frequently committed in later youth. The causes of such behavior...many social scientists. The gang , a source of much delinquency...development, after 1899, of the juvenile court was judgment of youthful...agencies outside the court. Juvenile correctional institutions...
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Billy the Kid

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...New Mexico when he was a child. He frequented saloons and gambling halls and killed several men during his teens. In 1878 he led a gang in the Lincoln co. cattle war, killed two deputies, and engaged in large-scale cattle rustling. John...
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Crime

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CRIME see criminal law ; criminology ; gang ; juvenile delinquency ; organized crime . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Brown, Jim

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...he later pursued a career as a film actor. He was also active in promoting black economic causes and working with youth gangs. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...

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