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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

...Is this youth ready to get out of the gang? What can we do to transition this youth out of the gang? What community support will it take to accomplish this...ensure that the youth stays out of the gang? What forms of community-based care...
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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

The Gang and the Community In certain neighborhoods, gangs can be perceived as being somewhat...1998) observed community-gang relations to be either antagonistic...apathetic, or mutually supportive. Gangs can appear to help the community...
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The Projects: Gang and Non-Gang Families in East Los Angeles

Book by James Diego Vigil; University of Texas Press, 2007

Subjects:

Gang Members--Family Relationships--California--Los Angeles, Gangs--California--Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social Conditions, Poor Families--California--Los Angeles, Public Housing--California--Los Angeles

Collections: Entire Library

...motivations and feelings that reflect a gang community and gang life. These data included the...Cuatro Flats (Fourth Street Flats) gang-a history that spans five decades...a less complete history of that gangs chief rivals. This historical...
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Contemporary Gangs: An Organizational Analysis

Book by Deborah Lamm Weisel; LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2002

Subjects:

Gangs--California--San Diego--Case Studies, Gangs--Illinois--Chicago--Case Studies, Gangs--United States--Case Studies

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other gangs in Milwaukee as he...life history of a gang, combining homeboys...the culture of the gang community and its neighborhood...and mixed ethnicity gangs in three metropolitan...comparisons between gangs of different ethnicity...of each of these gang studies is widely...
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Gang Nation: Delinquent Citizens in Puerto Rican, Chicano, and Chicana Narratives

Book by Monica Brown; University of Minnesota Press, 2002

Subjects:

Gang Members--United States, Hispanic American Youth--Ethnic Identity, Hispanic American Youth--Public Opinion, Hispanic American Youth--Social Conditions, United States--Ethnic Relations

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...pressive facets within the gang community. In each of the narratives...Machismo within the Chicano community was openly embraced as a...disrupted within Chicano communities, and thus certain homo...perhaps defining the Chicano community as a social group consensually...

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Journal Articles on: gang community

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Police and Community Responses to Youth Gangs

Journal article by Rob White; Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 2004

Subjects:

Australia, Children & youth, Community, Gangs, Police

Collections: Entire Library

...go to the heart of the gang problem. Community responses to youth gangs One of the limitations...coercive approaches to gang activity is that very often gangs occupy a rather ambiguous position within local communities (Soulliere 1998; Howell...
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Gangs and Gang Activity in a Non-metropolitan Community: the Perceptions of Students, Teachers, and Police Officers

Journal article by Josh Swetnam, Jacqueline Pope; Social Behavior and Personality, Vol. 29, 2001

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...responses of citizens to the gang presence in their communities. A study conducted by Takata...share their perceptions of the gangs located in that city. They...the existence of a serious gang problem in the community. The students were more likely...believe that the influence of gangs was widespread. A higher...
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Comparing Gang and Individual Rapes in a Community Sample of Urban Women

Journal article by Sarah E. Ullman; Violence and Victims, Vol. 22, 2007

Subjects:

College students, Rape, Studies, Victims of crime, Violence

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Comparing Gang and Individual Rapes in a Community Sample of Urban...without studies of community populations, this...of research on gang rape generally...strategies targeting gang rape. More studies are needed of community samples to determine...
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From Gangs to the Academy: Scholars Emerge by Reaching Back through Critical Ethnography

Journal article by June A. Gordon; Social Justice, Vol. 29, 2002

Subjects:

Ethnology--Study and teaching, Gang members--Education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...interview goes to show how gang activity is purely based...about defending ones communities from outsiders, but rather gangs are seen as an opportunity...with individuals on how gang involvement interacts...returning students to their communities as researchers provided...experience for former youth gang members and of educational...participants in urban gangs. This form of research...
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Crip Walk, Villain Dance, Pueblo Stroll: the Embodiment of Writing in African American Gang Dance

Journal article by Susan A. Phillips; Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 82, 2009

Subjects:

Dance, Gangs, Linguistics, Literacy, Minority & ethnic violence, Scholarships & fellowships, Social interaction, Society, Violent crime

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...Blood and Crip).3 Crip gang members today cite a multiplicity...meaning behind this word: "Community Revolution in Progress" or...writers. The statement of gang identity in Plate 2 is just...writing for African American gangs, the complexity of which is mirrored in other forms of gang writing in the United States...

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Magazine Articles on: gang community

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Gang Rape Is Too Prevalent in the Caribbean Community

Magazine article by Darcus Howe; New Statesman, Vol. 130, June 25, 2001

Subjects:

Brixton, Lambeth, England--Crime, Gang rape--England, Howe, Darcus--Attitudes, Journalists--Attitudes, Race relations--England

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Gang rape is too prevalent in the Caribbean community by DARCUS HOWE Three Christmases...report detailing incidents of gang rape, committed by young black...I knew the terrain well. Gang rape was part of the urban...Port of Spain, peopled by gangs based on the Diggers and Stompers...
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Shattered Lives: Last Year, 26 People, Mostly Young Men, Were Killed in Gang-Related Shootings in London. Each Death Wrecks a Family and Tears the Heart out of a Community, as Harry Fletcher Learned

Magazine article by Harry Fletcher; New Statesman, Vol. 137, January 21, 2008

Subjects:

Gang violence--Cases, Gang violence--Casualties, Gang violence--Prevention, London, England--Safety and security measures, London, England--Social aspects

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...territorial, the influence of the gangs linked to postcodes. There...drugs. Essentially, these gangs do not care about the damage...macho culture dictates that gang members be "badder" than...feel coerced into joining gangs in order to feel protected...structured activities that the community wants and needs. Attempts...Americanisation of our estates and communities. The government must act...
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Have Gangs Invaded Your Workplace? Organized Crime Goes Corporate

Magazine article by Samuel Greengard; Personnel Journal, Vol. 75, February 1996

Subjects:

Business community, Gangs, Human resource management, Organized crime, Preemployment screening, Security, United States

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...rising to greater heights. Gangs often figure out ways to short...regular basis and use a fellow gang members address as their own...though they have lived in the community for months or years. Mara...challenge it is to keep the gangs out. The director of loss...company has unwittingly hired gang members. Elek-Tek spends...
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Learn 6 Ways to Steer Clear of Gangs

Magazine article by Samuel Greengard; Personnel Journal, Vol. 75, February 1996

Subjects:

Business community, Gangs, Organized crime, Personnel policies, Preemployment screening, Security, United States

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...better. Learn the signs and symbols that gangs use and educate employees. For some gang members, clothing and jewelry can serve as identifying marks. However, many gangs now are concealing their identities...companies. Police often know what methods gangs are using and what types of illegal activities theyre conducting. If you suspect gang activity within your workplace, then...
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On the Block: A Pilot Program in Oakland, California, Combines Community Policing with Social Services and Gets At-Risk Young Men off the Street

Magazine article by Chris Smith; The American Prospect, Vol. 22, January 2011

Subjects:

Community service--Management, Community services--Management, Gang violence--Control, Neighborhood watch programs--Models, Oakland, California--Domestic policy

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...Oakland, California, Combines Community Policing with Social Services...He grew up in a Norteno gang neighborhood, sold coke...Aggressive policing alienates the communities it aims to help, and the...the main actors (cops, community leaders, and service providers...National Network for Safe Communities, of which Oakland and cities...

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Newspaper Articles on: gang community

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BACKLASH; 16 Arrests after Gang Funeral Community Strikes Back

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), September 26, 2006

Subjects:

Gangs

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

...BACKLASH; 16 Arrests after Gang Funeral Community Strikes Back. Byline: By...The wake for 19-year-old gang leader Liam "Smigger" Smith...closed yesterday, claiming gang members had threatened them...demanding action to stamp out the gangs. Liverpool council staff...
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MOBILISE AND END THIS GANG CULTURE; Blair Urges Black Community to 'Take Out' the Ringleaders

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), April 12, 2007

Subjects:

Gangs, Murder

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

...yesterday called on black communities to confront gang culture...accommodation. "The black community - the vast majority of whom in these communities are law-abiding people...denunciation of this gang culture thats killing...Blairs comments on gangs: "The Prime Minister...becoming involved in gang cultures and criminal...representation of our community around stop and search...
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Terrorised Community Suffers 450 Crimes a Year by One Gang

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 4, 2008

Subjects:

Gangs

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

Terrorised Community Suffers 450 Crimes a Year by One Gang. Byline: Stuart Nicolson A SINGLE gang of youths terrorising a...of acampaign to tackle gang violence. The group responsible...alone is home to around 160 gangs, whose membersinclude...
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County Crime Task Force Courts Round Lake Community Police Group Targets Gang Activity, Drug Crimes

Newspaper article by Jason King; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 7, 2006

Subjects:

Gangs

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

...Community Police Group Targets Gang Activity, Drug Crimes. by...to tell you that you have gangs in your community. Every...is a resource to deal with gangs and drugs in your community." Rasmussen said the task force is focused on drug and gang crimes. Villages can either...Lake, but they can in other communities," he said. "We take officers...
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Community Fights Back to Beat the Menace of Gang Culture

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), December 17, 2008

Subjects:

Gangs

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

Community Fights Back to Beat the Menace of Gang Culture. THE murder of Rhys...highlighted the problem of teenage gang culture in the Croxteth and...memory, while the Tackling Gangs Action Programme has seen a...at risk of being seduced by gang activity taking part in a training...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: gang community

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Gang

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...leadership and guidance in community centers. In the late 1940s fighting gangs arose in the poverty areas...streets or parks. Most fighting gangs are organized intricately...and prepare strategy; the gang may range in size from several...development of delinquent gangs include blighted communities, dropping out of school...
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Los Angeles

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...recovery had been achieved. Communities of the Metropolitan Area...it absorbed numerous communities and enclosed independent municipalities. Among the communities now part of Los Angeles are...the African-American community of Watts was the site of...In the 1980s, violent gang warfare over the illegal...
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Mumbai

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...and the city itself has the largest community of Parsis in India. Along the citys Arabian...has also made it a target for criminal gang and terrorist violence; the former, apparently by a Muslim gang in revenge for the 1993 riots, was the...
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Juvenile Delinquency

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...has come into disrepute among many social scientists. The gang , a source of much delinquency, has been a common path for...children. Especially important for prevention is action by community groups to provide essential facilities for the well-being...
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Wyoming , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Univ. of Wyoming is at Laramie, and there are a number of community colleges. History European Claims Portions of what is now...Lawlessness was also exemplified by the Hole-in-the-Wall gang, which broadened its activities to include bank and train...

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