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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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...thing to be a member of a gang; and the particular...influence members of juvenile gangs without, by their very...geographical areas. Gangs in Los Angeles, for...automobile-oriented, than gangs in New York or Chicago...instance, maintain that gang leaders are particularly...
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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

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...single family, and gang roles are inherited...different from the way gangs gain members in...of Puerto Rican juvenile gangs is that sexes are...mixed within one gang. However, on occasion, female gang leaders will take over gangs temporarily while...
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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

...An explanation of gang action. Social Problems...Carl S. (1990). Gang imperialism. Pp. 103...Ronald Huff (Ed.), Gangs in America . Newbury...Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Risk Factors...The role of juvenile gangs in facilitating delinquent...research designs in studying gang behavior. Pp. 59 77...
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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

...alternatives in, 110 -11 Juvenile delinquency, 35 , 73 Kirshanbaum...school-based, 118 Life in the Gang , 76 , 164 Loners, 49 ; teenagers...Ferenc, 131 Materialism: and gang-related crime, 70 , 71...discipline, 161 -62; and gang membership, 51 - 52 ; motivations...Syndrome, The , 131 Occultic gangs, 50 Office of Juvenile Justice...
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Street Gangs: The New Urban Insurgency

Book by Max G. Manwaring; Strategic Studies Institute, 2005

Subjects:

Counterinsurgency--Peru--History--20th Century, Gangs-- United States, Juvenile Delinquency-- United States, Violent Crimes-- United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...salient characteristics of contemporary criminal street gangs (that is, the gang phenomenon or third generation gangs). It also explains the linkage to insurgency with assertions that gang-generated crime, in conjunction with the instability...

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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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...number and experiences of juveniles who have served as informants...informants, whether adult or juvenile. The practice of using children...lack of focus on the use of juveniles as informants and an incoherent...PATRIAE, POLICE POWER, AND JUVENILE INFORMANTS IN THE "WARS" ON DRUGS, CRIME, AND GANGS Traditionally, jurisprudence...approach to solving the crime, gang, and drug problems. While...
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Gun Ownership and Gang Membership

Journal article by Beth Bjerregaard, Alan J. Lizotte; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 86, 1995

Subjects:

Gangs--Membership, Juvenile delinquency--Causes of, Violent crimes--Analysis

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...The problem of gang-related violence...perpetrated by juveniles has led to a...the study of juvenile gangs. Whereas gangs...possible that gangs perform a self...members from juvenile populations where...utilized prior to gang membership...plausible that juveniles are socialized...suggest that gangs are likely to...Furthermore, the juveniles rate of gun ownership...that of non-gang members after the juvenile has left a gang...
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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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...groups of St. Louis gang members, non-gang juvenile detainees, police officers...knowledge about youth gangs, as well as how accurate...direct contact with gang members (or at least...media portrayals of gangs to be especially improbable. Juvenile Arrests in Hawaii...
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Understanding Youth Gangs

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

Subjects:

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

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...people. It was found that gang membership increases the likelihood...Huff 1998). In other words, gang membership does not explain juvenile offending in general, but...in specific cases. Are All Gangs the Same? American, Canadian...increasingly emphasised that gang formation is a social process...
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School Strategies to Deal with Gangs

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

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Crime prevention, Gangs, Juvenile delinquency, Schools

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...Strategies to Deal with Gangs by Rob White Analysis...join or form criminal gangs indicates that gang membership is intimately...factors pertaining to juvenile crime and gang-related behaviour...activity (such as gangs). On the other hand...

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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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...by county, as part of the juvenile crime and high-risk behavior...It also will help reduce juvenile delinquency and minority...safety, accountability of juveniles and the reformation/rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. The agencys willingness...Grasmick. 1993. In Youth gangs in America. Office of Juvenile...and David W. Roush. Youth gang problems in juvenile detention...
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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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...records public and to punish juveniles as adults is alive and well...debate believes incarcerating juveniles will not solve the problem...system the better. Once juveniles enter, it is very difficult...beat the systems stigma. Juvenile practitioners know these...the public. Talking with gang members of all ages it becomes...clear the reasons they joined gangs were personal. They joined...
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Managing Gangs and STGs: Proactive Approaches for Safety and Success: Managing These Various Groups Adds Additional Operational Concerns and Challenges, Not to Mention Financial Constraints, Whether These Groups Are in Our Jails, Prisons, Juvenile Facilities or on Probation

Magazine article by Beth Arthur; Corrections Today, Vol. 71, February 2009

Subjects:

Correctional institutions--Safety and security measures, Gangs--Prevention, Prison administration--Management

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...Are in Our Jails, Prisons, Juvenile Facilities or on Probation...illnesses, substance abusers, juveniles and females. In this issue we examine how managing gangs and security threat groups...are in our jails, prisons, juvenile facilities or on probation...correctional subcultures, such as gangs, helps us deal with individual...As we approach our growing gang population, we need to identify...
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Gang Survey

Magazine article; FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Vol. 78, June 2009

Subjects:

Gangs, Juvenile justice, Law enforcement, Reference services, Violent crime

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...of the 2006 National Youth Gang Survey is an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention...Since 1995, the National Youth Gang Center (NYGC) has conducted...and characteristics of local gang problems. Selected in 2002...information solely for youth gangs, defined as "a group of youths...
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Gang Survey

Magazine article; FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Vol. 79, November 2010

Subjects:

Gangs, Juvenile justice, Reference services, United States, Violent crime

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...of the 2006 National Youth Gang Surrey is an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention...Since 1995. the National Youth Gang Center (NYGC) has conducted...and characteristics of local gang problems. Selected in 2002...information solely for youth gangs, defined as "a group of youths...

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Teens Charged in Killings Were in DYRS' Hands; Gang Members Held in '09 Shootouts

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), March 22, 2011

Subjects:

Gangs

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

...Killings Were in DYRS Hands; Gang Members Held in 09 Shootouts...of warring Southeast street gangs that ambushed and killed their...in the custody of the citys juvenile justice agency, The Washington...four members of the Avenue, a gang that took its name from an...say the teens were part of gangs responsible for several shootouts...
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Grade School Gang Issue Addressed

Newspaper article by Tona Kunz; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 12, 2006

Subjects:

Elementary school students, Elementary schools, Gangs

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

...meeting of the states gang and drug task force...on ways to tackle gangs and their drug trade...administrators fight gangs. "Schools are very...toughen sentences on juvenile offenders and the...and guns for the gang," said Rick Ahlgren...said Joel Perez, gang intervention supervisor...several tools to target gangs in schools including...
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19 Teens Arrested at School Mundelein High Students Charged after Gang Incidents

Newspaper article by Russell Lissau; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 6, 2006

Subjects:

Gangs

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...High Students Charged after Gang Incidents. by Russell Lissau...over a two-day period after gang violence broke out on campus...acted swiftly," Hanson said. Gang violence or crimes of any kind...16 will face the charges in juvenile court. The violence began...involved are members of rival gangs, OBrien said. Staff members...
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Macklin Prosecutors Pursue Case with Unique Gang Law

Newspaper article by Christy Gutowski; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 9, 2006

Subjects:

Gangs--Laws, regulations and rules

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

...Pursue Case with Unique Gang Law. by Christy Gutowski...criminal element: street gangs. It is not the most...entry to a notorious gang with roots back to the...without a victim. If a juvenile comes to us and said...Authorities charged the two juveniles as adults. Freddie...violated in" to the gang - either commit the crime or endure the gangs initiation ritual...
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Gang Activity Leads to Arrests

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 22, 2008

Subjects:

Gangs

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

...com A few angry looks between gang members in Rolling Meadows...police. "It involved some gang members who saw each other...challenging looks with other rival gang members," said Cmdr. Tom...didnt release the names of the gangs involved. According to Calcagno...were fleeing the area. One juvenile was caught and charged with...

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Gang

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...city youth; in Los Angeles gangs doubled from 400 in 1985 to...members) in 1990. See also juvenile delinquency . See L. Yablonsky, The Violent Gang (1962, repr. 1970); M...B. G. Myerhoff, Juvenile Gangs in Context (1967); J. F. Short, ed., Gang Delinquency and Delinquent...

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