European street gangs and troublesome youth groups /
Decker, Scott H.
Weerman, Frank M.,1968-
Lanham, Md. ; Oxford : AltaMira Press,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. In the grip of the group -- 2. Criminal gangs and their connections : metaphors, definitions, and structures -- 3. An old-fashioned youth gang in Genoa -- 4. Why do young male Russians of German descent tend to join or form violent gangs? -- 5. The role of crime acts in constituting the gang's mentality -- 6. Identification and self-indentification : using a survey to study gangs in the Netherlands -- 7. Youth groups and gangs in Amsterdam : a pretest of the Eurogang expert survey -- 8. Contemporary Russian gangs : history, membership, and crime involvement -- 9. Terrors and young teams : youth gangs and delinquency in Edinburgh -- 10. A cross-national comparison of youth gangs : the United States and the Netherlands -- 11. Gang and youth violence prevention and intervention : contrasting the experience of the Scandinavian welfare state with the United States -- 12. European street gangs and troublesome youth groups : findings from the Eurogang research.
Gangs
Juvenile delinquency