Modern Gang Reader

Name: Modern Gang Reader
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ISBN: 9780195330663

ISBN-10: 0195330668

ISBN-13: 9780195330663

Edition: 3rd 2006

Authors: Arlen Egley, Cheryl L. Maxson, Jody Miller, Malcolm W. Klein, Arlen Egley

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Building on the foundation of previous editions, this anthology provides an updated, highly accessible introduction to the most salient contemporary issues in the study of gangs. This book emphasizes defining and understanding gangs, their prevalence, structures, and behaviors, and society's responses to them. With entries drawn primarily from professional books and journals written by today's leading gang scholars, The Modern Gang Reader assembles some of the most influential and insightful contemporary research available. Topics explored in the new edition include: defining gangs; joining and leaving gangs; the variability of gang structure and behavior; gang proliferation and migration;…

Book details

List price: $64.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/4/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 9.88" wide x 6.89" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English



New to the Third Edition


Section 1



Defining and Researching Gangs




The History of Gang Research




A Multiple Marginality Framework of Gangs




Antecedents of Gang Membership




Getting Into Gangs




Leaving the Gang



Section 2



Recent Patterns of Gang Problems in the United States: Results From the 1996-2002 National Youth Gang Survey




The Evolution of Street Gangs: An Examination of Form and Variation




Street Gangs: A Cross-National Perspective




Gang Members on the Move




Inside the Fremont Hustlers




The Working Gang




An Overview of the Challenge of Prison Gangs



Section 3



Race and Gender Differences Between Gang and Nongang Youth: Results From a Multi-Site Study




Chinese Gangs and Extortion




Patterns of Ethnic Violence in a Frankfurt Street Gang




Female Gangs: A Focus on Research




The Impact of Sex Composition on Gangs and Gang Member Delinquency



Section 4



Membership in Youth Gangs and Involvement in Serious and Violent Offending




Gang Involvement and Delinquency in a Middle School Population




Situations of Violence in the Lives of Girl Gang Members




Defining Gang Homicide: An Updated Look at Member and Motive Approaches




Gang Homicide in LA, 1981-2001




Street Gang Crime in Chicago




"Getting High and Getting By": Dimensions of Drug Selling Behaviors Among American Mexican Gang Members in South Texas



Section 5



Public Policy Responses to Gangs: Evaluating the Outcomes




G-Dog and the Homeboys




New Approaches to the Strategic Prevention of Gang and Group-Involved Violence




A Study of Police Gang Units in Six Cities




Gang Problems and Gang Programs in a National Sample of Schools: Summary




The National Evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program




Antigang Legislation and Its Potential Impact: The Promises and the Pitfalls




For the Sake of the Neighborhood? Civil Gang Injunctions as a Gang Intervention Tool in Southern California