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The American Street Gang: Its Nature, Prevalence, and Control

Book by Malcolm W. Klein; Oxford University Press, 1997

Subjects:

Gang Members--United States, Gangs--Cross-Cultural Studies, Gangs--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...offshoot of a larger street gang. As a case study...never related to other gangs, street or drug, the...versatile than street gang members, more cohesive...them with their parent street gang or other street...entrepreneurial drug gang. To read it is also...why it is not a street gang. Id love to assign someone...other purported drug gangs. For instance, the...
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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

Subjects:

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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...traditional, turf-bound street gangs barely existed (in contrast...the Nation. Mixed-gender Gangs Several of the Queens revealed...previous careers in street gangs and cliques, and a number...participated in gender-integrated gangs at the same level as their...City females in the street gang culture (see Campbell 1984...
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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

...characteristics of contemporary criminal street gangs (that is, the gang phenomenon or third generation gangs), and to explain the linkage to insurgency...corollary, Dr. Max G. Manwaring argues that gang-related crime, in conjunction with the...
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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

...for 69 percent of all street-gang-motivated crimes and...percent of all street-gang-motivated homicides...case even though these gangs represented only about...the major Chicago youth gangs and 51 percent of the estimated number of street gang members. Peaks in homicide...
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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

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...pattern would include early street socialization and bonding among...habits and customs of the street gang. 3. Gang-based selection of second sample; intensified observations of gang families. The community researchers...had members belonging to local gangs. Principals from these families...

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Journal Articles on: street gang

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The End of the Line: California Gangs and the Promise of Street Peace

Journal article by Luis Rodriguez; Social Justice, Vol. 32, 2005

Subjects:

Gangs--Forecasts and trends, Gangs--History, Street life--Analysis, Street life--Forecasts and trends

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...cocaine-related street drugs that helped local gangs become better organized...greatest rise in gang violence in the history...Angeles--by now the gang capital of the world...entrenched Chicano gangs, and later Salvadoran...Russian, and white gangs all vied for control...were killed in the streets of Los Angeles due to gang and drug violence...
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Christopher Hutton and Kingsley Bolton. A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life

Journal article by Hugh D.R. Baker; China Review International, Vol. 15, 2008

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A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

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...Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life. by Hugh D.R. Baker Christopher Hutton...Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life. London: C. Hurst Co., 2005. xxiv...
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James Diego Vigil, A Rainbow of Gangs. Street Cultures in the Mega-City

Journal article by Vladimir Prozorov; American Studies International, Vol. 41, 2003

Subjects:

A Rainbow of Gangs. Street Cultures in the Mega-City (Book)--Reviews

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James Diego Vigil, A Rainbow of Gangs. Street Cultures in the Mega-City. by...The theme of this book--the street culture of multiethnic Los Angeles...key idea here is the concept of "street socialization" by ones peers. When...
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The Urban Street Gang after 1970

Journal article by Brenda C. Coughlin, Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh; Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 29, 2003

Subjects:

American Society of Criminology, Gangs--Research

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...surveys of individual gang members suggests that urban street gangs have indeed become...to loiter on our streets? Case West. Reserve...Warriors of the Street. New York: Holt...American Street Gang: Its Nature, Prevalence...What are street gangs when they get to...social context, and street gang membership: am "youth" gangs becoming "adult...
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Your Honor, I Seen Him with That Gang: the Constitutionality of the Federal Criminal Street Gang Statute in the Wake of Apprendi V. New Jersey

Journal article by Jennifer E. Fleming; The William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal, Vol. 18, 2009

Subjects:

Automobile theft, Constitutional amendments, Convictions, Court hearings & proceedings, Fines & penalties, Gangs, Organized crime, Supreme Court decisions, Trials, Violent crime, White supremacists

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...1) durability; (2) street-oriented; (3) youth...as a cohesive identifiable gang regardless of a turnover in membership.53 Although street-oriented seems obvious...work, and school - often on streets, in malls, in parks, in...neighborhood squares.54 Street gangs are overwhelmingly youth...

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Magazine Articles on: street gang

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Street-gang Mentality: a Mosaic of Remorseless Violence and Relentless Loyalty

Magazine article by Anthony J. Pinizzotto, Edward F. Davis, Charles E. Miller III; FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Vol. 76, September 2007

Subjects:

Behavior, Child discipline, Competition, Detention centers, Drugs, Families & family life, Gangs, Murders & murder attempts, Role models, Violence

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...increased a gang members street status and appetite...or behavior. A gang name tended to increase...nationally known gang.5 Others stated...local neighborhood gangs or drug crews that...their names from the streets or housing developments...Regardless of the gangs lineage, all of...reputation it had on the street. The Neighborhood...neighborhood where the gang members grew up...
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People and Folks Street Gangs

Magazine article by Frank M. Petrone; Law & Order, Vol. 48, December 2000

Subjects:

Gangs, Law enforcement

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...distribution of the gang from a building and...day operations of the gang. Identification and classification of street gangs is an ever-growing...possible with three gangs: the Vice Lords, the...breakdown classification. A gang member is determined...member from, as in what street corner or neighborhood...Madison and Pulaski streets in Chicago. Now we...
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Street Gangs Move to 'Burbs

Magazine article by Timothy W. Maier; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, July 6, 1998

Subjects:

Gangs--Crime, Suburbs--Crime

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...greater success for a gang member." Generally...are employed to combat gangs -- FBI crackdowns and...self-esteem to former gang members. Ex-gang member...it hasnt destroyed the gang which still roams the streets for victims, she says. To fight street gangs the FBI employs the Racketeer...
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Underground Authority: A Gonzo Sociologist Discovers How Drug Gangs Give Ghetto Life a Fragile Kind of Order

Magazine article by Benjamin Wallace-Wells; Washington Monthly, Vol. 40, April 2008

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets (Book)--Book reviews

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...Sociologist Discovers How Drug Gangs Give Ghetto Life a Fragile...Benjamin Wallace-Wells Gang Leader for a Day: A...Sociologist Takes to the Streets By Sudhir Venkatesh Penguin...paid mediator when the gang wars threaten to grow...fight with another drug gang, the conflicts are almost...two men in different gangs liking the same girl...
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From Street Gang to Surgeon

Magazine article by Joel H. Goldberg; Medical Economics, Vol. 72, May 8, 1995

Subjects:

Personal profiles, Physicians, United States

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...started moving in." Some of the street instincts that had lain dormant...to get a head start down the street. I ran like hell until I got...Sterling explains. "Ghettos and gangs havent changed in 40 years...priests, and leaders on the mean streets all over America." The author...

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Newspaper Articles on: street gang

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If There's a War on Street Gangs, Police and Public Are Losing

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 10, 2011

Subjects:

Gangs

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

...The War on Street Gangs. Gives it a tidy...the failed War on Street Gangs. The skirmish that...Police believe a gang hit squad opened...has a history of gang-related misbehavior...recruitment to the streets. The boy, who...driving down the street that was shot up...losing the war on gangs and drugs. Even...
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POLITICS: Schoolboy Killed by Street Gang

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 16, 2007

Subjects:

Gangs--Casualties, Murder--Casualties

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

POLITICS: Schoolboy Killed by Street Gang. A 16-year-old schoolboy was...yesterday over Kodjo Yengas murder in a street in Hammersmith, west London, police...fatal stabbing had happened on her street. "Its such a nice road, its a...
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Four of Five Johnson Crew Street Gang Are Jailed

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 27, 2009

Subjects:

Gangs

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

Four of Five Johnson Crew Street Gang Are Jailed. Five members of Birminghams notorious Johnson Crew street gang have been sentenced for their...drugs-related operation, albeit at street level. This network was able and willing...
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Youth Stabbed in Street Gang Fight; NEWS IN BRIEF

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 21, 2009

Subjects:

Assault and battery, Gangs, Teenagers, Youth

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

Youth Stabbed in Street Gang Fight; NEWS IN BRIEF. A TEENAGER was stabbed by a gang of youths during a fight in a London street. The victim, thought to be 17, suffered wounds to his leg and was taken to hospital for treatment. Police believe...
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Street Gangs to Be Targeted by New Aurora Chief

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 23, 2008

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Gangs

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

Street Gangs to Be Targeted by New Aurora Chief. Byline: Justin Kmitch jkmitch...residents happy and safe. "We know we need to target violent crimes and street gangs and thats what were going to continue to do," Greg Thomas said Tuesday...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: street gang

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Gang

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...invite intergang fights in streets or parks. Most fighting gangs are organized intricately...prepare strategy; the gang may range in size from...F. Short, ed., Gang Delinquency and Delinquent...1968); J. Haskins, Street Gangs: Yesterday and Today...Campbell, Girls in the Gang (1984); E. Dolan...
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Abramoff Scandal

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...number of Abramoffs associates and White House and congressional aides were also convicted. See M. Continetti, The K Street Gang (2006); P. H. Stone, Heist: Superlobbyist Jack Abramoff, His Republican Allies, and the Buying of Washington...
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Cocaine

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...arteries, lessening bleeding. There are many street names for cocaine, including coke, C...at increased risk of HIV infection. The street drug comes in the form of a white powder...carried guns and many were murdered in drug-gang wars that ensued. By the late 1990s the...
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Dillinger, John

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...a prison term for attempted robbery, Dillinger organized a gang and terrorized the Midwest in 1933. He escaped jail twice...number one" before he was shot (July, 1934) in a Chicago street by FBI agents. See J. R. Nash, The Dillinger Dossier (1983...

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