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| Preface | |
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| Gangs as Moral Panics | |
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| Introduction and Overview | |
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| The Emergence of the Gang Threat | |
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| Structure of the Book | |
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| Conditions, Social Problems, and Moral Panics | |
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| Objectivist versus Constructionist Views of Social Problems | |
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| The Role of Claims-Makers in Defining Social Problems | |
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| Public Bureaucrats as Claims-Makers | |
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| Claims-Making and Moral Panics | |
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| Three Examples of Moral Panics | |
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| Gangs as Moral Panics | |
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| Looking Back | |
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| Early 19th Century Urban Gangs | |
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| Western Outlaw Gangs | |
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| Urban Gangs in the Late 19th Century | |
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| Early 20th Century Gangs | |
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| Street Gangs in the 1940s and 1950s | |
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| Gangs in the 1960s and 1970s | |
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| The Police, Crime Control, and Street Gangs | |
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| The Politicization of Crime | |
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| The Criminal Justice Empire | |
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| Police Reports of the Gang Crisis | |
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| Police Response to Gangs | |
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| Crime, Gangs, and the News Media | |
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| Extent and Nature of Crime News | |
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| Media Coverage of the Criminal Justice System | |
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| Media Coverage of Gangs | |
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| Understanding Media Coverage of Crime and Gangs | |
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| Crime News, Attitudes, and Public Policy | |
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| Gangs and the Sociological Perspective | |
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| The Ascendancy of Sociological Criminology | |
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| Sociological Theories of Crime | |
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| The Emergence of the Urban Underclass | |
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| The Gang Panic in Nevada | |
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| The Gang Panic in Las Vegas | |
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| Evolution of the Gang Problem in Las Vegas | |
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| Law Enforcement Responds | |
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| The Community Mobilizes in Response to Reports of the Gang Threat | |
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| Increased Media Attention and Public Concern | |
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| The War on Gangs Intensifies | |
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| The Gang Panic on High School Campuses | |
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| Institutionalization of the Gang Panic | |
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| GIS Officers Reports on the Number of Gangs and Gang Members | |
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| GIS Officers' Claims Regarding the Threat Posed by Las Vegas Gangs | |
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| The Objective Threat Posed by Street Gangs in Las Vegas | |
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| The Gang Panic in Reno | |
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| Evolution of the Gang Problem in Reno | |
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| The Police Get Tough on Gangs | |
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| Institutionalization of the Gang Response | |
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| STEP/CAT Officers' Claims Regarding the Number of Gangs and Gang Members | |
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| STEP/CAT Officers' Claims Regarding the Threat Posed by Reno Gangs | |
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| The Objective Threat Posed by Street Gangs in Reno | |
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| Gangs in the Legislature | |
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| Gang Legislation Nationally | |
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| Evolution of Gang Legislation in Nevada | |
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| Legislative Responses to Gangs in 1989 | |
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| 1991 Nevada Legislative Activity | |
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| The Gang Enhancement Statute | |
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| Prosecuting Gangs | |
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| Gang Prosecution Nationally | |
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| The Clark County Gang Prosecution Unit | |
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| Washoe County Dangerous Youthful Offender Team | |
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| What Is Different about Gang Criminals and Gang Crime? | |
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| Panic at the National Level | |
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| A Nation in Panic? | |
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| A Closer Look at the Nation's Gang Problem | |
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| The Head Counts | |
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| The Threat Posed by Street Gangs | |
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| Putting the Gang Threat in Perspective | |
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| The Gang-Gun Connection | |
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| The Gang-Drug Connection | |
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| Index | |