Addressing the intricacies and diversities of street gangs, a major and growing blight across the country, this book draws on the expertise of high-ranking law enforcement officials monitoring terrorist activity and gang-related crimes as well as professional private investigators who have spent several decades investigating gangs and learning their subculture, lifestyle, motivations, and relationships. Ideal for supplemental reading in gang violence courses on criminal justice, sociology, law, and psychology, this comprehensive anthology presents thorough coverage of a notoriously difficult subject.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Gang Life. Violence and Youth: A Growing Relationship? Effect of Gang Culture on Juveniles. Gang History. Religion and Criminal Gangs (A Perspective). Seven Pathways Into and Out of Gangs. Gang Culture in the United States. If Drug Abuse is the Answer then what is the Question? Use of Technology by US Gangs. Street Gang Graffiti. In Defense of a Gang Member: Sample Gang Expert Witness Report. Evolution of Gangs from the History to Today: Predictions and Recommendations for the Future. 'Presumed Guilty" or "Dirtying up the Defendant": Criminal Gang Enhancement Prosecutions in California and Police/Prosecution Misconduct. Appendices.
