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Youth Gangs in American Society

by: Shelden, Randall G.; Tracy, Sharon K.; Brown, William B.

Youth Gangs in American Society

by: Shelden, Randall G.; Tracy, Sharon K.; Brown, William B.

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9780534527457
ISBN 10:
0534527450
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/20/2000
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

This comprehensive survey of the literature on gangs and gang activities in America includes theoretical perspectives on why gangs exist, gang typologies, descriptions of gang activities, and various intervention strategies for dealing with gangs.

Preface

Foreword

xvii

Introduction

(33)

A Brief History of Youth Gangs

(7)

The Recent Growth of Gangs: A Focus on Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and Chicago

(9)

Los Angeles Gangs

(4)

Milwaukee Gangs

(1)

Chicago Gangs

(2)

Some Concluding Thoughts on the Recent Growth of Gangs

(1)

What Is a Gang?

(5)

Chicago's Use of Descriptors to Define Gang-Related Crime

(2)

Stereotypes of Gangs

(1)

How Many Gangs and Gang Members Are There?

(4)

Gang Migration

(2)

Summary

(3)

What Do Gangs and Gang Members Look Like?

(27)

A Word of Caution

(1)

An Overview of Gang Structures

(2)

Illustrations of Gang Typologies

(4)

Types of Gangs

(1)

Types of Gang Members

(3)

The Supergangs of Chicago: People and Folks

(1)

Ethnic and Racial Typologies of Gangs

(7)

Chicano Gangs

(2)

Asian Gangs

(1)

Vietnamese Gangs

(3)

Chinese Gangs

(1)

Filipino Gangs

(1)

African-American Gangs

(1)

White Gangs

(4)

Skinheads

(1)

Stoners

(1)

Taggers

(1)

Some Common Characteristics of Gang Members

(6)

Gang Members as Defiant Individualists

(2)

Gang Members as Victims and Victimizers

(3)

Summary

(2)

The Gang Subculture

(36)

The Nature and Origins of and Socialization into the Gang Subculture

(7)

Joining a Gang

(5)

Reasons for Deciding to Join a Gang

(2)

Gang Recruitment

(2)

Additional Comments on Gang Recruitment

(1)

Who Does Not Join a Gang?

(1)

Leaving the Gang

(2)

Belief Systems of Gang Members

(2)

A Case Example: The Code of the Streets

(4)

Social Control in the Gang

(1)

Gang Members and Their Families

(4)

Gang Graffiti and Tattoos

(7)

Purposes and Styles of Graffiti

(6)

Summary

(3)

Criminal Activities of Gangs

(31)

Introduction: An Overview of Gangs and Crime

(4)

Entrepreneurial Activities of Gangs

101

(3)

The Gang as a Business: A Case Study of the Diamonds

104

(4)

Gang Violence

108

(8)

Individual Violence by Gang Members

111

(3)

Organizational Gang Violence

114

(2)

Gangs and Drugs

116

(3)

The Drug-Dealing Business of Gangs: Skolnick's Study

119

(6)

Summary

125

(3)

Girls and Gangs

128

(31)

Trends in Girl Gang Membership

131

(4)

Girl Gang Membership and Their Crimes

132

(2)

Types of Female Gangs

134

(1)

Moving Beyond the Stereotypes: The Social Context of Girl Gangs

135

(21)

Class and Race

136

(2)

Crime and Drugs

138

(5)

Reasons for Joining the Gang

143

(5)

Relationships with Males and Male Gangs

148

(4)

Family-Related Issues

152

(2)

School and Work

154

(2)

Some Concluding Thoughts

156

(1)

Summary

157

(2)

Why are There Gangs?

159

(31)

Social Disorganization/Social Ecology Theory

160

(5)

Strain Theory

165

(7)

Strain Theory and the Institutional Structure of Society: Crime and the American Dream

167

(3)

Differential Opportunity Structures

170

(1)

Social Embeddedness

171

(1)

Cultural Deviance Theories

172

(3)

Cohen's Culture of the Gang

173

(1)

Lower-Class Focal Concerns

173

(2)

Control Theory

175

(2)

Social Learning Theory

177

(3)

Gangs and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

178

(2)

Rational Choice Theory

180

(2)

The Labeling Perspective

182

(2)

Critical/Marxist Perspectives

184

(3)

Summary

187

(3)

Gangs in Context: Inequality in American Society

190

(20)

Recent Changes in the U.S. Economy

191

(2)

The Development of the Underclass

193

(3)

Recent Changes in the Labor Market

196

(4)

Isolation in the Inner Cities

200

(3)

Poverty and Family Structure

203

(2)

How These Changes Relate to the Growth in Gangs

205

(3)

Summary

208

(2)

Community-Based and National Intervention Strategies

210

(31)

Introduction

210

(2)

Types of Intervention Strategies

212

(8)

Spergel and Curry's Typology of Interventions

213

(1)

The Perceived Effectiveness of These Strategies

214

(1)

Other Intervention Typologies

215

(5)

A Risk-Focused Approach

220

(1)

The Social Development Strategy

221

(3)

Components of Successful Programs

224

(1)

Some Specific Illustrations of Community-Based Interventions and Programs

225

(7)

A Model Program: The Detention Diversion Advocacy Project

229

(3)

Broad-Based National Strategies

232

(7)

Summary

239

(2)

Legal Intervention Strategies

241

(25)

A Historical Overview

241

(3)

The Legal Response to Youth Gangs

244

(20)

Law Enforcement

244

(10)

Prosecution

254

(2)

The Courts

256

(4)

Legislatures

260

(4)

Summary

264

(2)

Conclusions

266

(9)

References

275

(19)

Name Index

294

(5)

Subject Index

299

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