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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

Gangs have spread throughout the entire sector of society, and what was once viewed as an inner-city problem can now be found everywhere, including suburbia. This guide for teenagers, their families, and impacted communities addresses the youth gang issue in understandable, manageable terms. Quotes ...
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Gangs have spread throughout the entire sector of society, and what was once viewed as an inner-city problem can now be found everywhere, including suburbia. This guide for teenagers, their families, and impacted communities addresses the youth gang issue in understandable, manageable terms. Quotes from teens themselves provide valuable insight into the problems that can cause kids to join gangs: absent parents, the need for excitement or to belong to a group, following in the footsteps of family members who are involved in gangs. These factors and others are explored (including an examination of the workings of the adolescent mind), and sound solutions are suggested to help kids resist gang membership.
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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

Collections: Entire Library

Coverage of Mexican-American youth gangs has been a staple of local television news in the United States for decades, and its form and content have come to embody many journalistic cliches: the "rising tide" of violence, the spread of drug addiction, the alienated minority youth. But as this bold ...
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Coverage of Mexican-American youth gangs has been a staple of local television news in the United States for decades, and its form and content have come to embody many journalistic cliches: the "rising tide" of violence, the spread of drug addiction, the alienated minority youth. But as this bold new study argues, these stories contain gross exaggerations that lead to the reinforcement of stereotypes about Mexican-American young people and the Mexican-American community in general. Indeed, the police and community leaders greatly influence the content of this coverage by deciding what information to make available to the news media, while reporters select certain sources and ignore others, thus slanting the story even further. As author Raul Tovares makes clear, the true story of Mexican-American youth is far more complex than local news would have its viewers believe.
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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

Teen gangs are a hot issue in the United States. This volume shows the international scope of the phenomenon today. Gang activity in 14 countries, including the United States, is discussed within the larger framework of social and economic conditions. Each chapter explains the nature of the gang ...
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Teen gangs are a hot issue in the United States. This volume shows the international scope of the phenomenon today. Gang activity in 14 countries, including the United States, is discussed within the larger framework of social and economic conditions. Each chapter explains the nature of the gang activity in that country; touches on the causes, such as poverty, marginalization, and self-identity problems; and heavily emphasizes the responses, including education and community-based intervention.
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Juvenile Gangs

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

Subjects:

Gangs, Juvenile Delinquency--United States

Collections: Entire Library

...involved in the, worst outbreak of teenage warfare New York had experienced...trained in karate and judo. The youth group is reported to be particularly...the workers of being soft on gang members, of withholding important...because of the lessened amount of gang fighting, and partly because...
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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

To reveal how membership in adolescent street gangs influences human development, the authors examine the origins of gang membership and the social and psychological factors that lead to joining. After demonstrating that gang members are responsible for the major share of serious and violent ...
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To reveal how membership in adolescent street gangs influences human development, the authors examine the origins of gang membership and the social and psychological factors that lead to joining. After demonstrating that gang members are responsible for the major share of serious and violent delinquency, they indicate how membership facilitates delinquent behavior and other developmental problems such as teen pregnancy and school dropout.
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Journal Articles on: (youth OR juvenile OR teen OR teens OR teenage) AND (gang OR gangs)

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Bad Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Japan

Journal article by Brian Platt; Journal of Social History, Vol. 40, 2007

Subjects:

Bad Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Japan (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...world, outside the law and undetected by police," one in which youth "learn the ways of evildoing." This interest in deviant youth was not just about middle class voyeurism. Juvenile delinquency served as an arena within which Japanese people voiced...
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Boys Who Join Gangs: A Prospective Study of Predictors of First Gang Entry

Journal article by Benjamin B. Lahey, Rachel A. Gordon, Rolf Loeber, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, David P. Farrington; Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Vol. 27, 1999

Subjects:

Gangs--Membership, Juvenile delinquency--Psychological aspects

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...before serious gang entry for boys who joined serious gangs and for the last wave of the study for boys who did not join a serious gang, except for baseline CBCL CD behaviors which is the value at baseline. (b.)The sample sizes are lower for the peer delinquency...
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Clive Glaser, Bo-Tsotsi: The Youth Gangs of Soweto, 1935-1976

Journal article by Ineke Van Kessel; Africa, Vol. 74, 2004

Subjects:

Bo-Tsotsi: The Youth Gangs Of Soweto, 1935-1976 (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Clive Glaser, Bo-Tsotsi: The Youth Gangs of Soweto, 1935-1976. by Ineke Van Kessel CLIVE GLASER, Bo-Tsotsi: the youth gangs of Soweto, 1935-1976. Portsmouth NH: Heinemann (paperback US$24.95, ISBN 0 325 00218 5; hard covers US$65.00...
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Securing Our Children's Future: New Approaches to Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence

Journal article by Thomas F. Geraghty; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 94, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Securing our Children's Future: New Approaches to Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...community. Schools are also part of the solution. In her chapter, Youth Violence, Schools, and Management: A Personal Reflection, Amalia...about the larger public school systems and the problems of juvenile crime? Betanzos says little about solutions stating only that...
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Turning Your Life Around: Tips from an Ex-Juvenile Delinquent

Journal article by Waln K. Brown; Reclaiming Children and Youth, Vol. 13, 2005

Subjects:

Brown, Waln K.--Personal narratives, Juvenile offenders, Youth counseling

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Life Around: Tips from an Ex-Juvenile Delinquent. by Waln K. Brown A former troubled youth who is now an expert on resilience...did not like them. By being a gang, we could stand up against anybody...I did not care about the old gang--I did. I knew that if I hung...

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

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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

Collections: Entire Library

Understanding and responding to youth gangs: a juvenile corrections approach by Lonnie Jackson During the past two decades, the United States has seen the youth gang problem grow at an alarming rate. According to the National Youth...
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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

Collections: Entire Library

The Development of a Gang; Exit Strategy: The Youth Ambassadors Leadership and Employment Project. by...the participants to visit local community centers and other youth services to provide information about the program and to...
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Teenage Kicks: From Secret Journals and Juvenile Delinquency to the Hitler Youth and Problem Pages, Adolescent Angst Has Always Been with Us

Magazine article by Joe Moran; New Statesman, Vol. 136, April 30, 2007

Subjects:

Adolescent alienation--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...meanings and mentalities swirling around this new concept of "teenage". The most surprising and enjoyable details in this book...skirmishes between different movements with competing designs on youth. In the ascendancy at the beginning of his book are the many...Scouts. Behind this militarising impulse were fears about juvenile delinquency, which acquired all the ingredients of a moral...hoodie. As Savage perceptively writes, the foul-mouthed, feral teen gangs that terrorised city streets in Europe and America...
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Juvenile Program Created in 1950s May Stem 1990s Youth Violence

Magazine article by Albert G. Smith; Corrections Today, Vol. 56, August 1994

Subjects:

Correctional institutions--Social policy, Juvenile offenders--Care and treatment, Peer pressure in adolescence--Usage

Collections: Entire Library

Juvenile program created in 1950s may stem 1990s youth violence by Albert G. Smith...to their old street peer group. Juvenile justice professionals must continue...1970. Research Report. California Youth Authority. Albert G. Smith retired...
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Turning Youth Gangs Around: Throwaway Kids

Magazine article by Luis J. Rodriguez; The Nation, Vol. 259, November 21, 1994

Subjects:

Social work with youth--Planning, Social work--Planning, Youth--Planning, Youth--Services

Collections: Entire Library

Turning Youth Gangs Around: Throwaway Kids. by Luis J. Rodriguez...disappeared; days later he was found shot in the head. Two teenage members of Yummys gang are being held in his death. Hours...physically abused, shuttled from one foster home to another, one juvenile justice facility after another. At every stage of Roberts...Sometimes I feel the immensity of what were facing--talking to Teens on Target in Los Angeles, a group made up of youths who...

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

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Youth Killed Girl, 17, Who Tried to Stop Gang Fight; AN Unemployed Thug Yesterday Admitted Killing a Teenage Girl Who Got Caught Up in a Fight between Rival Gangs

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 9, 2005

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

Youth Killed Girl, 17, Who Tried to Stop...Unemployed Thug Yesterday Admitted Killing a Teenage Girl Who Got Caught Up in a Fight between...head by a piece of concrete thrown by gang member James Megger. The 17-year- old...several other youths fighting another gang. Miss Taylor, who knew Megger, tried...
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London's Gang Wars Claim the First Teenage Victim of 2008; Postcode Victim: Henry Bolombi, Known as Black H, Who Was Stabbed to Death in a Confrontation between Rival Gangs after Seeing in the New Year. above, Police Search the Scene of the Attack in Plevna Road, Edmonton

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 2, 2008

Subjects:

Murder

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

Londons Gang Wars Claim the First Teenage Victim of 2008; Postcode Victim: Henry...thought to be centred around rival teenage gangsfighting for territory resulting...They were then confronted by a rival gang from Tottenham and an argument brokeout...
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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, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...AND WAITED TO DIE; TEARS AS TEEN TELLS OF GANG ATTACK HELL Pal...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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Teen Tag Team Cleans Up

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), May 22, 2007

Subjects:

At risk youth, Juvenile offenders

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

Teen Tag Team Cleans Up. Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard Rarely, if ever, does a group of teenagers gathered around a wall spattered with spray paint symbolize...rollers and brushes, members of the county Department of Youth Services Graffiti Removal Team can handle just about anything...prevention, the program provides paid positions to at-risk juveniles ages 12 to 19 who have been through the justice system...sources, the team will disband July 1. Twice a week, the teens travel as far as Oakridge and Florence, removing graffiti...
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Teens Targeted by Crackdown; Police Will Tackle Young Drinkers

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), December 3, 2007

Subjects:

Alcohol and youth, Juvenile drinking

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

...Young Drinkers. Byline: By SOPHIE DOUGHTY ANTI-social teen drinkers and the shops that supply their alcohol are the targets...themselves being caught out in test purchase operations, where teenagers working for officers will see if they are able to buy drink...response to complaints from members of the public about drunken teens. "We have listened to our communities and groups of teenagers...

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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, 2007

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

...ethnic status. Gangs provide acceptance and protection to inner-city youth; in Los Angeles gangs doubled from 400 in 1985 to 800 (with 90,000 members) in 1990. See also juvenile delinquency . See L. Yablonsky, The Violent Gang (1962, repr...
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Juvenile Delinquency

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...property crimes and rape are most frequently committed in later youth. The causes of such behavior, like those of crime in general...inner cities. Not until the development, after 1899, of the juvenile court was judgment of youthful offenders effectively separated...
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Crime

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

CRIME see criminal law ; criminology ; gang ; juvenile delinquency ; organized crime . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
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Billy the Kid

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...Kansas and then to 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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Cultural Revolution

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Litera