Gangs.

Subjects: “…Gangs Great Britain.…”
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Ganges : river to heaven /

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On gangs / by Decker, Scott H., Pyrooz, David, Densley, James A. (James Andrew), 1982-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Origins of On Gangs -- The Structure of On Gangs -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Core Issues -- Chapter 1: Defining Gangs, Gang Members, and Gang Crime -- Defining a Gang -- Defining a Gang Member -- Defining a Gang Crime -- Counting Gangs, Gang Members, and Gang Crimes -- History and Trends in Gangs and Gang Behaviors -- Correlates of Gang Involvement -- Demographics -- Social Ecology and Socioeconomic Status -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Structure, Culture, and Gangs in Communities -- The Unequal Distribution of Gang Activity: A Tale of Two Communities -- Emergence and Persistence of Gangs in Communities: An Organizing Framework -- Social Disorganization Theory -- Underclass Theory -- Anomie Theory -- Subcultural Theory -- Empirical Research on Gangs in Communities -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Gang Structure and Organization -- The Organizational Structure of Gangs -- The Features and Characteristics of Gangs -- Gang Leaders -- Gang Rules -- Gang Roles -- Gang Meetings -- Gang Money -- Comparing Gangs to Other Criminal Groups -- Gangs and Terrorist Groups -- Gangs and Organized Crime Groups -- Gangs and Drug Smugglers -- Gangs and Governance -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Joining the Gang -- A Life-Course Perspective on Gang Membership -- Gang Embeddedness -- Why do Some People End Up in Gangs When Others Do Not? …”
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Gangs : violence, crime and antigang initiatives /

Table of Contents: “…Best practices to address community gang problems /…”
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Street gangs : a secret history /

Subjects: “…Gangs United States History.…”
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Gang of souls : [a generation of Beat poets] /

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Press Gang : Naval Impressment and Its Opponents in Georgian Britain. by Rogers

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Impressment and the Law; 3 Resisting the Press Gang: Trends, Patterns, Dynamics; 4 Spotlight on Two Ports: Bristol and Liverpool; 5 Manning the Navy in the Mid-century Atlantic; 6 The Navy and the Nation 1793â#x80;#x93;1820; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.…”
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Teen gangs : a global view /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : A global overview of the issues of and responses to teen gangs / Maureen Duffy -- Australia / Rob White -- The Bahamas / Jill D. …”
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Gangs of Russia : from the streets to the corridors of power / by Stephenson, Svetlana, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…In the shadow of the State -- The history of street organizations and gangs in Russia -- The transformation of gangs in the 1990s -- The business of gruppirovki: from predation to assimilation -- Gang organization -- Street trajectories -- The gang in the community -- Life according to the poniatiia: the gang's code -- Navigating the world of violence -- Gang culture and the wider Russian society.…”
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Chinatown gangs : extortion, enterprise, and ethnicity / by Chin, Ko-lin

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction; 2 Research Strategies and Methods; 3 Severity of Gang Victimization; 4 Patterns of Gang Extortion; 5 Victim Reactions to Gang Extortion; 6 Gang Characteristics; 7 Gang Violence; 8 The Gang as an Enterprise; 9 Controlling Chinese Gangs; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Gangs in the Caribbean /

Table of Contents: “…Section one. Understanding gangs and violence in the Caribbean -- section two. …”
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Gangs and Society : Alternative Perspectives. by Kontos, Louis

Table of Contents: “…A Note on Social Theory and the American Street Gang; 2. Toward a Typology of Contemporary Mexican AmericanYouth Gangs; 3. …”
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Gangs and girls : understanding juvenile prostitution / by Dorais, Michel

Table of Contents: “…Foreword: Researching gang-organized juvenile prostitution: contributions and challenges / Cecilia Benoit -- Introduction -- What is a street gang and how is it organized? …”
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Contemporary gangs : an organizational analysis / by Weisel, Deborah Lamm

Table of Contents: “…ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 Understanding Gangs: Contributions Of Research And Theory -- 3 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH -- 4 ORGANIZATIONAL FEATURES OF FOUR GANGS -- 5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.…”
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Gangs and girls : understanding juvenile prostitution / by Dorais, Michel

Table of Contents: “…Foreword: Researching gang-organized juvenile prostitution: contributions and challenges / Cecilia Benoit -- Introduction -- What is a street gang and how is it organized? …”
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Global gangs : street violence across the world /

Table of Contents: “…Gangs in a global comparative perspective /…”
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Gang Land.

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Manufacturing the gang : Mexican American youth gangs on local television news / by Tovares, Raúl Damacio, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Manufacturing the Gang -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- NEWS AS SOCIAL PROCESS -- WHY STUDY LOCAL TV NEWS? …”
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Gangs on trial : challenging stereotypes and demonization in the courts / by Hagedorn, John, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Stereotypes and frames. The nature of gang stereotypes : what is a "gang-related" crime? …”
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Jesus and the gang : youth violence and Christianity in urban Honduras / by Wolseth, Jon, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Youth and the politics of violence in Honduras : the murder of El Títere -- Contesting neighborhood space in Colonia Belén -- Thick as blood : street ties, gang tattoos, and graffiti -- The making of community and the work of faith -- Finding sanctuary : youth violence and Pentecostalism -- Conclusion : taking on violence.…”
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Our gang : a racial history of The little rascals / by Lee, Julia, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…The Eternal Boy -- 2. A Boy and His Gang -- 3. 100 Percent American -- 4. Sambo's Awakening -- 5. …”
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Youth gangs : causes, violence and interventions /

Table of Contents: “…YOUTH GANGS: CAUSES, VIOLENCE AND INTERVENTIONS -- YOUTH GANGS: CAUSES, VIOLENCE AND INTERVENTIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- YOUTH GANGS: BACKGROUND, LEGISLATION, AND ISSUES* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- Definition of a Youth Gang -- PREVALENCE OF THE PROBLEM -- National Youth Gang Survey -- CRIME STATISTICS -- Juvenile Gang Homicide -- National Crime Victimization Survey -- National Gang Threat Assessment -- CHARACTERISTICS OF GANGS AND GANG MEMBERS -- Youth Gang Demographics -- Rural Gangs[34] -- Gang Presence in Schools…”
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60 minutes. MS13

Subjects: “…MS-13 (Gang)…”
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Tackling gang culture.

Subjects: “…Gangs Great Britain.…”
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That old gang of mine /

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Five Points gang /

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The city killer-gangs /

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LA gang unit /

Subjects: “…Gangs California Los Angeles.…”
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Charleston chain-gang /

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A world of gangs : armed young men and gangsta culture / by Hagedorn, John, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Ghetto, favela, and township : the worlds gangs live in -- Street institutions : why some gangs won't go away -- The problem with definitions : the questionable uniqueness of gangs -- From Chicago to Mumbai : touring the world of gangs -- No way out : demoralization, racism, and resistance identity -- A tale of two gangs : the Hamburgs and the Conservative Vice Lords -- Reconsidering culture : race, rap, and resistance -- Street wars : hip-hop and the rise of gangsta culture -- Contested cities : gentrification and the ghetto -- Conclusion : a rose in the cracks of concrete.…”
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A world of gangs : armed young men and gangsta culture / by Hagedorn, John, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Ghetto, favela, and township : the worlds gangs live in -- Street institutions : why some gangs won't go away -- The problem with definitions : the questionable uniqueness of gangs -- From Chicago to Mumbai : touring the world of gangs -- No way out : demoralization, racism, and resistance identity -- A tale of two gangs : the Hamburgs and the Conservative Vice Lords -- Reconsidering culture : race, rap, and resistance -- Street wars : hip-hop and the rise of gangsta culture -- Contested cities : gentrification and the ghetto -- Conclusion : a rose in the cracks of concrete.…”
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Youth gangs in literature / by Johnson, Claudia Durst, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Outlaw gangs in an outlaw society : Borges' "The dread redeemer Lazarus Morell" and Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- The Irish immigrant : Asbury's Gangs of New York -- The draft riots : Baker's Paradise Alley -- Borges' "Monk Eastman, purveyor of iniquities" -- A heritage of guns : McMurtry's Anything for Billy -- The 1920s in Chicago : Farrell's Studs Lonigan -- Jewish gangs in Brownsville, 1944/45 : Shulman's The Amboy Dukes -- 1940s in Harlem : Wright's Rite of passage -- Nazis and gangs : Golding's The lord of the flies -- A girl gang in the 1950s : Oates' Foxfire -- The 1960s : S.E. …”
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Civil gang abatement : the effectiveness and implications of policing by injunction / by Allan, Edward L., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Theoretical perspectives -- Legal perspectives -- The gang injunction -- The dimension of flexibility -- The dimension of community involvement -- Policy implications.…”
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Gangs in America III. by Huff, Ronald

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; PART 1: The Gang: Changing Boundaries, Joining, "Banging, "and Getting Out; 1 -- The Changing Boundaries of Youth Gangs; 2 -- Joining the Gang; 3 -- Initiation of Drug Use, Drug Sales, and Violent Offending Among a Sample of Gang and Nongang Youth; 4 -- Leaving the Gang; PART 2: The Arenas: Neighborhoods, Communities, and Schools; 5 -- The Systemic Model of Gang Behavior; 6 -- Introducing Hoover; 7 -- Gangs and the Informal Economy; 8 -- Gangs, Violence, and Safe Schools; 9 -- Gangs and Community-Oriented Policing.…”
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Fraternity Gang Rape : Sex, Brotherhood, and Privilege on Campus. by Sanday, Peggy Reeves

Subjects: “…Gang rape United States Case studies.…”
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A rainbow of gangs : street cultures in the mega-city / by Vigil, James Diego, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Looking at gangs cross-culturally -- Mexican Americans in the barrios of Los Angeles -- "I just wanted to act loco" : Puppet's story -- Blacks in Los Angeles : from Central Avenue to South Central Los Angeles -- "I noticed the problem but never had the cure" : Mookie's story -- Vietnamese in Southern California -- "You couldn't hang by yourself" : Huc's story -- Salvadorans in Los Angeles : the Pico-Union area -- "Where is my father?" …”
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Introduction to Gangs in America. by Holmes, Ronald M.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. Gangs; 2. Gangs and Homicide; 3. Gangs and Police; 4. …”
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Gangs and immigrant youth / by Choo, Kyung-Seok, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Review of the literature -- Research method -- The quality of Korean community life -- Assimilation : comparison of general characteristics of delinquent groups and youth gangs -- The delinquent group : Joong and his boys -- The gang : Mo Ming Pai -- Conclusion.…”
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Gangs in Garden City : how immigration, segregation, and youth violence are changing America's suburbs / by Garland, Sarah, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Michael, 2008 -- Michael -- "The world's most dangerous gang" -- Julio, 1985-1995 -- Garden cities -- Soldier -- The war -- Los Angeles -- New York -- Jessica, 1988-2001 -- Jumping in -- The red house -- The rivals -- Blood out -- Jaime and Daniel, 2000-2003 -- Border crossing -- A new threat -- Fighting back -- Julio, 2000-2005 -- Jaime -- The corner -- Freeport -- Iron fist -- Jessica, 2003-2007 -- Quincinera -- American mano dura -- Second chance -- The gathering storm -- Daniel, 2004-2008 -- Adam -- Golden years -- No child left behind -- Garden City.…”
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The Youth Gang Problem : a Community Approach. by Spergel, Irving A.

Table of Contents: “…Scope and Seriousness of the Gang Problem; 4. Gangs, Drugs, and Violence; 5. Gang Member Demographics and Gang Subcultures; 6. …”
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