| Description |
1 online resource (x, 355 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
SUNY series in urban public policy |
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SUNY series on urban public policy.
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| Contents |
What we know and do not know about gangs. Origins and problems of gang research in the United States / Daniel J. Monti -- Gangs, drugs, and violence / Joan Moore -- The behavior and organization of gangs in different settings. Anatomy of a wilding gang / Scott Cummings -- "Down with the program" : racial attitudes and group violence among youth in Bensonhurst and Gravesend / Howard Pinderhughes -- The established gang / Diego Vigil -- Hispanic street gangs in Chicago's public schools / Ray Hutchison and Charles Kyle -- Blazon nouveau : gang graffiti in the barrios of Los Angeles and Chicago / Ray Hutchison -- The working gang / Felix Padilla -- Gang organization and migration / Jerome H. Skolnick, Ricky Bluthenthal, Theodore Correl -- Gangs in more- and less-settled communities / Daniel J. Monti -- What can be done about gangs. Moral panic and the response to gangs in California / Patrick Jackson with Cary Rudman -- Gangs and civil rights / Robert A. Destro -- Public policy and gangs : social science and the urban underclass / Scott Cummings, Daniel J. Monti |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-352) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gangs -- United States.
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TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime.
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Gangs
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Jugendbande
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Jugendkriminalität
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Jeugdcriminaliteit.
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Jeugdbenden.
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cummings, Scott, 1944-
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Monti, Daniel J., Jr., 1949-
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| LC no. |
92002533 |
| ISBN |
0585063249 |
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9780585063249 |
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1438400195 |
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9781438400198 |
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