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Gangs and Gang Culture.
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Gangs and Gang Culture.

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Gangs : opposing viewpoints.

Subjects: Gangs -- United States; Crime -- United States; Administration of criminal justice

  • Abstract: Summary: Presents various articles that present opposing viewpoints about the reasons behind gang behavior, the breadth of the problem of gang violence, and how our ...

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Gangs : a handbook for community awareness.

Subjects: Gangs -- United States; Crime prevention -- United States

  • Abstract: Summary: A guide to recognizing and understanding gangs, providing a history of the rise of street gangs ...

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Gangs; trouble in the streets.

Subjects: Gangs -- United States; Juvenile delinquency -- Prevention; Violence

  • Abstract: Summary: Looks at the history of street gangs, explains why young people are drawn to gangs, and ...

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The Gangs Of New York : An Informal History Of The Underworld

Subjects: Gangs--New York (State)--New YorkTRUE CRIME / General; TRUE CRIME / Murder / General; TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime

  • Abstract: Herbert Asbury presents here a vivid and startling account of New York gangdom from its beginning in Revolutionary times to comparatively recent days.Here are ...

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When prison gangs become organized crime: Studying protection arrangements and their consequences.

Subjects: GANGS; ORGANIZED crime; PRISONS

  • Source: Trends in Organized Crime. Dec2022, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p365-377. 13p.

  • Abstract: Despite interest in the subject, the study of prison gangs has been meagre since the late 1980s. Occasional studies appear, but ... Copyright of Trends in Organized Crime is the property of Springer Nature and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites ...

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Self-governing prisons: Prison gangs in an international perspective.

Subjects: GANGS; PRISONS; PRISON conditionsKYRGYZSTAN; NORTHERN Ireland; BRAZIL

  • Source: Trends in Organized Crime. Dec2022, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p1-16. 16p. 1 Chart.

  • Abstract: This paper finds qualified support for the use of Skarbek's (2011, 2014) governance theory to understand the emergence of prison gang-like groups in Kyrgyzstan, Northern Ireland and ... Copyright of Trends in Organized Crime is the property of Springer Nature and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites ...

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What makes young people get involved with street gangs in London? A study of the perceived risk factors.

Subjects: YOUNG adults; GANGS; DELINQUENT behaviorLONDON (England); TOWER Hamlets (London, England)

  • Source: Journal of Community Psychology. Jul2022, Vol. 50 Issue 5, p2198-2213. 16p. 2 Diagrams.

  • Abstract: This study examined the perceived determinants of street gang‐related antisocial behavior (ASB) and crime of young people (YP) in a deprived and ethnically diverse ... Copyright of Journal of Community Psychology is the property of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to ...

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Gangs, gang members, and geography.

Subjects: *GANG members; *GEOGRAPHY; *GANGS

  • Source: Geography Compass. Aug2022, Vol. 16 Issue 8, p1-12. 12p.

  • Abstract: Gangs are geographically oriented social entities as evidenced by the display of cardinal points in their graffiti, the use of neighborhood ... Copyright of Geography Compass is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to ...

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Fighting Gangs to Dismantle Democracy: How Anti-Crime Policies Have Contributed to the Authoritarian Drift in Central America.

Subjects: *GANGS; *POLICE crackdowns; *DEMOCRACYEL Salvador

  • Source: Brown Journal of World Affairs. Fall/Winter2022, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p45-57. 13p.

  • Abstract: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras--have seen some of the highest levels of criminal violence globally. 5ey are also ground zero for two of the most ... Copyright of Brown Journal of World Affairs is the property of Brown University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple ...

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13 quizzed as police target drug gangs.

  • Source: The Mirror (London, England). 2023, pages. 32

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