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The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation: Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang

Book by David C. Brotherton ;, Luis Barrios; Columbia University Press, 2004

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African American Youth--New York (State)--New York--Social Conditions, Gangs--New York (State)--New York--Case Studies, Gangs--New York (State)--New York--History, Hispanic American Youth--New York (State)--New York--Social Conditions, New York (N.Y.)--Social Conditions, Youth With Social Disabilities--New York (State)--New York

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...street organization with social movement properties...gone beyond the normal gang turf syndrome. n this...how the research into gangs has treated the issue...adaptation to pre- vailing social and economic realities. Rarely are gangs understood within a set...daily life struggles of gang members and their quest...
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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

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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

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...of opportunity that thwarts social mobility aspirations. As a...effects of family influences on gang association are acknowledged, social control authorities still fail...importance in the formation of gang members personal and group...and/or pulling them into gangs, the additional influence...
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Gang Nation: Delinquent Citizens in Puerto Rican, Chicano, and Chicana Narratives

Book by Monica Brown; University of Minnesota Press, 2002

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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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...second is East Side Stories: Gang Life in East L.A., an oversized...Rican, and South American) gang members, these two books are...in their efforts to humanize gang members and magnify the social backdrop that contributes to...of Chicano/a and Latino/a gangs, but it also affords an opportunity...
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Gangs and Society: Alternative Perspectives

Book by Louis Kontos, David Brotherton, Luis Barrios; Columbia University Press, 2003

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Gangs--United States

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...activities sponsored by a gang leads one to a limit...conclusion about gangs as social groups. Some gangs...important aspects of gangs-namely, their...several ways. The gang response to the social forces that negatively...social forces and the gang members perception of social reality-in terms...elaborated in the gangs official ideology...
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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

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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

...Ronald Huff (Ed.), Gangs in America . Newbury...Group Process and Gang Delinquency . Chicago...Rabb. (1988). The Social Structure of Street Dealing...dealing with the youth gang problem. Pp. 288 309...Ronald Huff (Ed.), Gangs in America . Newbury...community approach to the gang problem. Social Work 42:456 470. Spergel...

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Journal Articles on: gang social

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The Gang Truce: A Movement for Social Justice

Journal article by Nancy Stein; Social Justice, Vol. 24, 1997

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Gangs--Social policy, Police misconduct--Social aspects, Police--Malpractice, Youth--Crimes against

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...information about the gang truce from interviews...groups that work with gangs in the favelas in Brazil...participation in the gang truce rally held in Watts...bring about some type of social and economic justice...Latino, Asian, and other gangs working together? Does...13, an old, Latino gang. People were gunned...
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Cognitive and Social Influences on Gang Involvement among Delinquents in Three Chinese Cities

Journal article by Ngan-Pun Ngai, Chau-Kiu Cheung, Steven Sek-Yum Ngai; Adolescence, Vol. 42, 2007

Subjects:

Canton, China--Social aspects, Gang members--Case studies, Gang violence--Case studies, Gangs--Case studies, Hong Kong--Social aspects, Shanghai, China--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...factors affecting their gang involvement. This finding...effective sources of social control, teachers are...in ethnic enclaves and gangs (Nee Sanders, 2001...as opposed to observed gang involvement. Further...investigate involuntary gang involvement, given that...vulnerable to pressure to join gangs (Klein, 1997; Yoder...alternative sources of social control in Mainland China...
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Penitentiaries, Reformatories, and Chain Gangs: Social Theory and the History of Punishment in Nineteenth-Century America

Journal article by Bard R. Ferrall; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 89, 1998

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Books--Reviews, Penitentiaries, Reformatories, and Chain Gangs: Social Theory and the History of Punishment in Nineteenth-Century America (Book)--Reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Penitentiaries, Reformatories, and Chain Gangs: Social Theory and the History of Punishment...REFORMATORIES, AND CHAIN GANGS: SOCIAL THEORY AND THE HISTORY OF PUNISHMENT...punishment functions to maintain the social order-punishment is increased during...
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Youth Gangs, Masculinity and Violence in Late Victorian Manchester and Salford

Journal article by Andrew Davies; Journal of Social History, Vol. 32, 1998

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Gangs--England, Manchester, England--Social aspects, Masculinity--Social aspects, Salford, England--Social aspects, United Kingdom--History, 1837-1901 (Victorian era), Violence--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...certain youths joined gangs whilst others, from...the behaviour of gang members over the...husbands, and many gang members no doubt...project on "Youth Gangs and Urban Violence...the Economic and Social Research Council...Thrasher, The Gang: A Study of 1,313 Gangs in Chicago (Chicago...Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian...
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Representations of Gangs and Delinquency: Wild in the Streets

Journal article by Paul A. Perrone, Meda Chesney-Lind; Social Justice, Vol. 24, 1997

Subjects:

Gangs--Media coverage, Juvenile delinquency--Media coverage, Sensationalism in television--Social aspects

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...and offered that gangs can be transformed into social clubs less prone...sanguinely added: "Gang members do not reject...project in which gang members volunteered...image" and "bring gangs more into the social mainstream." One...narrowly focus on youth gang activity in their...many articles on gangs and delinquency...focal points of social constructionist...

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Magazine Articles on: gang social

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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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...definition of a youth gang member varies from one...Police Bureaus pamphlet, Gangs/Pandillas, defines a gang as "a group of people...in criminal or anti-social behavior on a regular...steps toward eliminating gangs altogether. There is...identified as at-risk for gang involvement need mentors...counseling and help from social workers as well. As...
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Cutting to the Core of the Gang Crisis

Magazine article by Amparo Trujillo; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 57, November 2005

Subjects:

Gangs--International aspects, Gangs--Social aspects

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...crimes committed by youth gangs, called maras or pandillas...put the total number of gang members in Honduras...rise in crimes caused by gangs. "This is a social problem that needs to...creating a greater social crisis in the receiving...Mass deportations of gang members have played an...Saivatrucha and M-18 gangs in Central America...
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Gang Busters: States Respond to Rising Gang Violence

Magazine article by Sarah Hammond; State Legislatures, Vol. 34, June 2008

Subjects:

Gang violence--Control, Gangs--Laws, regulations and rules, Gangs--Social aspects, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Reports

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...than 30,000 different gangs across America with some...JOIN? The FBI defines a gang as "a group of three...criminal acts." Many gangs are a product of a specific...protection and emotional and social support. Mostly, gangs...same kids who end up in gangs. Sometimes, membership in a certain gang is a family tradition...
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Gato and Alex-No Safe Place -- GANGS AND STATE VIOLENCE: THE HUMAN STORY OF THE LOS ANGELES POLICE SCANDAL

Magazine article by Tom Hayden; The Nation, Vol. 271, July 10, 2000

Subjects:

El Salvador--Social aspects, Gangs--Social aspects, Los Angeles, California, Police, Police officers, Race relations

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...become rivals in Americas gang war on the streets of...justified the war on gangs that has become the worst...Someone from a nearby gang called him a chuntero...violence in underlying social factors has been discredited...better way to look at gang violence is through the...resources like oil, while gangs assemble weapons to control...
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Crime Falls, but Not Everywhere: Crime Is at Historic Lows in Many Places. but School and Mall Shootings, along with Grown-Up Criminal Gangs, Are Grim Reminders That the Culture of Violence Is Still with Us and on the Public Agenda

Magazine article by Donna Lyons; State Legislatures, Vol. 34, June 2008

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Gang violence--Social aspects, Mental health--Social aspects, Police officers--Management, Police officers--Technology application, Police--Management, Police--Technology application, School violence--Social aspects, Shopping malls--Safety and security measures

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...certain areas. A key concern is gangs and their spread to communities...United States. "Migration of gangs across the country has brought...activity," says Wexler. Gangs are the primary distributors of drugs, and gang activity moves into and through...responsive to neighborhood decay and social disorder. Popularized in the...

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Newspaper Articles on: gang social

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Gang Attack at a Busy Social Club; Victim Knifed in the Legs

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), January 10, 2011

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Gangs

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

Gang Attack at a Busy Social Club; Victim Knifed in the Legs. Byline...gang who stabbed a punter in a Tyneside social club. A knife-wielding gang stormed into the Walker Village Social Club in Church Walk, Walker, Newcastle...
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Teenage Rape Rise Is Linked to Gangs; Attacks 'Way of Imposing Power; Social Network Sites Are Blamed

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 15, 2010

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Online social networks, Rape

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

...Attacks Way of Imposing Power; Social Network Sites Are Blamed...getting worse all the time. "Gangs rape girls because they want...growing sexualisation of girls on social networking sites. "A lot of young girls going on social networking sites are displaying...is to increase its focus on gang-related sex attacks. The...
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BEBO BACKLASH FOR HAPPY SLAP GIRL GANG; EXCLUSIVE Sickened Pals of Attack Victim Tell of Their Disgust on Social Network Site

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 2, 2008

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Online social networks--Social aspects

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BEBO BACKLASH FOR HAPPY SLAP GIRL GANG; EXCLUSIVE Sickened Pals of Attack Victim Tell of Their Disgust on Social Network Site. Byline: By Janice Burns THE gang of girl thugs who battered a classmate in a vicious "happy slapping" attack have...
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Minister Hears How City Gun Gangs Exploit the Internet

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 11, 2008

Subjects:

Gangs--Social aspects, Online social networks--Social aspects

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

...Minister Hears How City Gun Gangs Exploit the Internet...police crackdown on gun gangs carried out through Birmingham...increasingly aware of gang culture and that social networking sites had...Office-backed Tackling Gangs Action Programme (TGAP...Government to reduce gang activity, gun and knife...discovery of an image on a social networking site of a...
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Gang Fight Pupil Bites His Teacher; Brawl Led to Hospital Treatment

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), February 12, 2011

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Assault and battery, Gangs, Hospitals, Online social networks, Teachers

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

Gang Fight Pupil Bites His Teacher...treatment after he was bitten in a gang brawl at a Tyneside school...have been organised through social networking site Facebook and involved youngsters from rival gangs. As the fight moved inside...tried to break it up. But the gangs turned their violence on staff...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: gang social

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Juvenile Delinquency

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...general, are found in a complex of psychological, social, and economic factors. Clinical studies have uncovered...poverty" argument has come into disrepute among many social scientists. The gang , a source of much delinquency, has been a common...
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Guatemala , Country, Central America

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Since 2002 the country has suffered from increasing gang and, more recently, anti-gang vigilante violence. Bibliography See R. N. Adams...Crucifixion by Power: Essays on Guatemalan National Social Structure, 1944 1966 (1970); T. Melville and...
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China

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Cultural Revolution, led by the Gang of Four, which included Jiang...of Zhou in Jan., 1976, the Gang of Four convinced Mao that Dengs...many of his supporters, as the Gang of Four consolidated their power...Official corruption, economic, social, and ethnic inequality, and...
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Brazil

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...improvements, economic and social problems continued and the...led to the sidetracking of social-reform legislation he had...weeklong outbreak of rampant gang violence and, in turn, police vengeance against the gangs erupted in mid-May, 2006, in Sao Paulo state when a gang sought revenge for a government...
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El Salvador

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...problems, and inequitable social system led to social and political unrest; by the...700 people. An increase in gang-related violence in 2005...crackdown against criminal gangs in Aug., 2006; in October...to be linked to the anti-gang campaign. Crime and deteriorating...

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