Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 289 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
Contents |
The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) / David C. Brotherton -- The Asociación Ñeta / David C. Brotherton -- Australian youth gangs / Kevin McDonald -- The Black Hand / David Hohn -- Bloods / Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez -- Brazilian gangs / André Sales Batista, Marcos David Burgos -- Chavos Banda in New York City / Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez -- Chicano gangs / Karin Michonski -- Chinese organized crime and gangs / Sean Grennan -- Criminal career paradigm / Lila Kazemian -- Criminal organizations / Albert DiChiara -- Criminal subcultures and gangs / J. Mitchell Miller, Janaka VanderKooi -- Crips / Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez, Marcos Antonio Ramos -- Differential association theory / Albert DiChiara -- Football hooligans / Chabeli Miralles Sueiro -- French gangs / Akim Oualhaci -- Gang and non-gang grafitti / Jeff Ferrell -- Gang clothing / Jessica Castanon -- Gang females / Dana M. Nurge -- Gang graffiti: East Coast vs. West Coast / Robert D. Weide -- Gang identity as performance / Robert Garot -- Gang photography / Donna DeCesare -- Gang prevention and intervention programs / Crystal Rodriguez -- Gang symbols / Shawn Booth -- Gang workers / Robert Durán -- Gangs and drugs / Stephanie Herman -- Gangs and post-industrialism / Kevin McDonald -- Gangs and the media / David C. Brotherton -- Gangs and the underground economy / Stuart Henry, Dana Nurge -- Gangs as social and economic organizations / S. Wojciech Sokolowski -- Gangs in prison / Jeffrey Ian Ross -- Gangs in U.S. schools / Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Howard Lune -- Gangster disciples / Marisa Omori, Douglas E. Thompkins -- Gangster wannabes / Billy Long -- German gangs / Sandra M. Bucerius -- Godfathers / David Hohn -- GRASP (Gang Reduction and Aggressive Supervision Parole) / Richard Butler -- Hate groups / Yolanda Martin -- Hell's Angels in Canada / Angelo Kontos -- Japanese organized crime and gangs / Sean Grennan -- Jewish gangs and gangsters / Donna L. Halper -- King Blood / David C. Brotherton -- Kingism / Luis Barrios -- Korean organized crime and gangs / Sean Grennan -- Labeling theory / Robert D. Weide -- Latin gangs in Barcelona / Noemí Canelles, Carles Feixa-- Latin King Bible / Louis Kontos -- The Latin Queens / Milady T. Padilla -- Little brother syndrome / Ric Curtis -- Machismo / Yolanda Martín -- Mexican gangs / Carles Feixa -- Moral panics / Jock Young -- Non-racist skinheads / Albert DiChiara -- Operation Ceasefire / David Kennedy -- Organized crime / Albert DiChiara -- Outlaw bikers / Mitch Librett -- PATHE (Positive Action Through Holistic Education) / Racquel Ellis -- Police repression tactics against U.S. street gangs / David C. Brotherton -- Qualitative analysis and gangs / Annette Bickford -- Racist skinheads in the U.S. / Peter G. Simi -- Rap music / Darby E. Southgate -- Research methods / Annette Bickford -- Restorative justice and gang crime / Billy Long -- Russian gangs / Svetlana Stephenson -- Skinheads / Albert DiChiaria -- Social construction of gangs / William J. Farrell -- Social disorganization / Albert DiChiaria -- South African gangs / Tony Roshan Samara -- Spanish gangs / Carles Feixa, Laura Porzio -- Street organizations / David C. Brotherton -- Subcultural theories of gangs / Louis Kontos -- Subculture of gangs / Russell Kelly -- Suburban gangs / Rebecca D. Petersen -- Terrorism and gangs / Marisa Omori -- Thrasher, Frederic / Greg Dimitriadis -- Transnational gangs / Carles Feixa -- Trenchcoat Mafia / Ralph Larkin -- Vice Lords Inc. / Chano LaBoy -- Vietnamese organized crime and gangs / Sean Grennan -- Vigilante gangs / Annette L. Bickford -- Williams, Stanley Tookie / Tom Hayden -- Yablonsky and The violent gang / Russell Kelly |
Summary |
Examines gangs throughout the United States in over eighty entries covering topics such as history, the wide range of communities where gangs form, and their increasingly complex lifestyle |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Gangs -- United States -- Encyclopedias
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Gangs -- Encyclopedias
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TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime.
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Gangs
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Bande
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Gäng -- Förenta staterna.
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United States
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USA
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Genre/Form |
encyclopedias.
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Reference works
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Encyclopedias
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Reference works.
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Encyclopedias.
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Ouvrages de référence.
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Encyclopédies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Kontos, Louis.
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Brotherton, David.
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ISBN |
9780313348914 |
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031334891X |
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