Gangs

Description

The task of researching gangs is fraught with difficulties, central to which are issues of definition and reliance on certain forms of data for analyses. These methodological issues have been acknowledged as limitations in most of the existing research, but they have not been explored as being potentially serious flaws contributing to the proliferation of myth, or as aggravating factors that exacerbate what is essentially a relatively uncomplicated social process. Also unclear from existing studies is the extent to which suppositions about gangs feed moral panics or contribute to the misidentification or over-specification of a problem. This captivating volume focuses on gangs, their formation, identity and behaviour with a view to developing a preventive strategy. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Series Preface Introduction PART I THEORY AND CONCEPTS 1 'Social Structure and Anomie', American Sociological Review, 3, pp. 672-82. 2 'Lower Class Culture as a Generating Milieu of Gang Delinquency', Journal of Social Issues, 14, pp. 5-19. 3 'The Delinquent Gang as a Near-Group', Social Problems, 7, pp. 108-17. 4 'Groups, Gangs, and Cohesiveness', Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 30, pp. 63-75. 5 'Criminal Business Organizations, Street Gangs and "Wanna-be" Groups: A Vancouver Perspective', Canadian Journal of Criminology, January, pp. 39-60. PART II THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF GANGS 6 'American Gangs and British Subcultures: A Comparison', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 26, pp. 76-89. 7 'American Gangs and British Subcultures: A Commentary', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 26, pp. 90-92. 8 '"Hanging Around the Street": Australian Rockers, Sharpies and Skinheads of the 1960s and Early 1970s', Journal of Australian Studies, 45, pp. 15-31. 9 'Street Gang Migration: How Big a Threat?', National Institute of Justice Journal, 230, pp. 26-31. 10 'Youth Gangs, Masculinity and Violence in Late Victorian Manchester and Salford', Journal of Social History, 32, pp. 349-69. 11 'Defensive Localism in White and Black: A Comparative History of European-American and African-American Youth Gangs', Ethnic and Racial Studies, 23, pp. 272-98. 12 'Middle Eastern Appearances: "Ethnic Gangs", Moral Panic and Media Framing', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 34, pp. 67-90. PART III GANGS AND CRIME 13 'Honor, Normative Ambiguity and Gang Violence', American Sociological Review, 39, pp. 238-51. 14 'Community Tolerance of Gang Violence', Social Problems, 34, pp. 437-50. 15 'Niche Crime: The Columbus Gangs Study', American Journal of Criminal Justice, 26, pp. 93-105. 16 'Gangs, Gang Homicides, and Gang Loyalty: Organized Crimes or Disorganized Criminals', Journal of Criminal Justice, 30, pp. 343-52. 17 'Serious Youth Gun Offenders and the Epidemic of Youth Violence in Boston', Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 19, pp. 33-54. PART IV DRUGS AND GANGS 18 The Social Organization of Drug Use and Drug Dealing Among Urban Gangs', Criminology, 27, pp. 633-69. 19 '"Crack," Street Gangs, and Violence', Criminology, 29, pp. 623-50. 20 'Neighborhoods, Markets, and Gang Drug Organization', Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 31, pp. 264-94. PART V GIRLS AND GANGS 21 'Girls' Talk: The Social Representation of Aggression by Female Gang Members', Criminal Justice and Behavior, 11, pp. 139-56. 22 'Girls, Gangs and Violence: Anatomy of a Backlash', Humanity and Society, 17, pp. 321-44. 23 'Accomplishing Femininity Among the Girls in the Gang', British Journal of Criminology, 41, pp. 656-78. PART VI POLICY AND PRACTICE 24 'Gangs, Neighborhoods, and Public Policy', Social Problems, 38, pp. 529-42. 25 'The Little Village Project: A Community Approach to the Gang Problem', Social Work, 42, pp. 456-70. 26 'Gang Suppression Through Saturation Patrol, Aggressive Curfew, and Truancy Enforcement: A Quasi-Experimental Test of the Dallas Anti-Gang Initiative', Crime and Delinquency, 45, pp. 122-39. 27 'Childhood Risk Factors for Adolescent Gang Membership: Results from the Seattle Social Development Project', Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 36, pp. 300-22. 28 'Problem-Oriented Policing, Deterrence, and Youth Violence: An Evaluation of Boston's Operation Ceasefire', Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 38, pp. 195-225. 29 'Shootings, Gangs and Violent Incidents in Manchester: Developing a Crime Reduction Strategy', Home Office Crime Reduction Research Series, Paper 13, (Briefing Note), pp. 1-2. Name Index