| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 382 pages) |
| Contents |
Theory of gang behavior and persistence -- Gang involvement -- In the organization -- Gang business: making ends meet -- Anatomy of gang violence -- Gang and the community -- Gangs and governments -- Gangs, criminal justice, and public order -- Media and gangs: image construction and myth management |
| Summary |
"Vivid, lively, and yet theoretically informed, a triumph of patient and sustained fieldwork. ... Jankowski presents the gang and its members not as pathological departures from social norms, but as shrewd and resourceful operators."--Michael Lipsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Islands in the Street fills a wide gap in the literature on gangs. Jankowski's innovative model of gang participation and organization is important and elegant, guaranteeing that this will be the book on gangs for the next ten years, if not longer."-Ruth Horowitz, University of Delaware |
| Analysis |
Organised crimes |
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United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-371) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Gangs -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies
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Gangs -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies
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TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Gangs
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Jeugdbenden.
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Gang de rue.
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Délinquance juvénile.
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Étude transculturelle.
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Gang.
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United States
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États-Unis.
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
90048641 |
| ISBN |
9780520911314 |
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0520911318 |
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1282355929 |
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9781282355927 |
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9786612355929 |
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6612355921 |
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