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CSAP Substance Abuse Resource Guide: Gangs

2000 CSAP 17 Pages 25 pieces per pack 220 to a box This resource guide

concentrates on the role that drugs play in the lives of individual gang

members and the role they play in the organization of the gang itself.

Nelba Chavez, Ph.D.

Administrator

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Table of Contents:
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Ruth Sanchez-Way, Ph.D.

Acting Director, Center for Substance

Abuse Prevention

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

•Books

•Booklets, Brochures, and

Fact Sheets

•Videos, Posters, and

Other Items

•Studies, Articles, and

Reports

•Organizations and

Internet Sites

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The listing of materials of programs in this resource guide does not constitute

or imply endorsement by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, the

Public Health Service, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration, or the Department of Health and Human Services. The

materials have been reviewed for accuracy, appropriateness, and conformance

with public health principals.

This Substance Abuse Resource Guide was compiled from a variety of

publications and data bases and represents the most current inforamtion to

date. It is not an all-inclusive listing of materials on this topic. This guide will

be updated regularly, and your comments or suggestions are welcome. To

suggest information or materails that might be included in future editions,

please write to SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug

Information (NCADI), P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345.

Produced by SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug

Information, Denise C. Jones, editor.

For further information on alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs, call 800-729-6686,

301-468-2600, or TDD 800-487-4889. Or visit us on our World Wide Web Site

at http://ncadi.samhsa.gov.

Books

Female Gangs in America: Essays on

Girls, Gangs and Gender

The first of its kind, this anthology fills a void in studies of inner-city youth

violence and gang behavior, challenging simplistic generalizations about

female gang members. Editors Chesney-Lind and Hagedorn have gathered

incisive articles by leading gang researchers. These articles examine the lives

of girl gang members in African-American and Chicano communities in a

compassionate manner while exploring the relations between socioeconomic

status and violence from varying theoretical perspectives. The book sheds new

light on youth violence and suggests viable solutions for educators and policy

makers.

Organization:

Editor: Chesney-Lind, M; and Hagedorn, J.

Author:

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Publisher:

Year: 1999

Length: 368 pages
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Length: 368 pages

Topic: Female participation in American gangs

Target Audience: General audience, prevention program

planners, community leaders

Availability: Bookstores or Lake View Press, P.O. Box 57879,

Chicago, IL 60657 773-935-2694

Format: Paperback book

Cost: $19.95

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Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and

Violence

Based on 3 years of intensive field work and interviews with gang members on

the streets of St. Louis, this study examines ways gangs originate in cities.

The perspectives of 99 active gang members were examined. The book

describes the attractiveness of gangs, the process of joining, the chaotic and

loose organization of gangs, and gang members’ predominant activities. These

activities are mostly “hanging out,” drinking alcoholic beverages, and using

drugs. The authors also discuss gang members’ impulsive involvement in

major property crime, their disorganized participation in drug trafficking, and

the often fatal consequences of their violent lifestyle. Although the book

focuses on the individual, organizational, and institutional aspects of gang

membership, it also explores gang members’ involvement with other school

and neighborhood structures. Extensive interviews with family members

provide some new insights into gang members’ lives.

Organization:

Editor:

Author: Decker, S.H.; and Van Winkle, B.

Publication:

Publisher:

Year: 1997

Length: 303 pages

Topic: Gang life

Target Audience: General audience, prevention program

planners, educators

Availability: Bookstores or Cambridge University Press, 40 West

20th St., New York, NY10011-4211, 212-924-3900

Format: Book

Cost: $45

Internet Address: http://www.uk.cambridge.org

Drugs, Crime, and Justice: Contemporary

Perspective

The book is a reference tool on crime in contemporary American society, but

one chapter in particular focuses on gang related activity in relation to crime.

The chapter describes a 2-month study conducted in 1988 to investigate the

relation among drug distribution in California and the gang phenomenon, the

socialization of drug dealers into the drug business, the organization of street

drug dealing, financial and contractual arrangements associated with street

drug dealing, and drug markets. Study findings distinguished between the
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drug dealing, and drug markets. Study findings distinguished between the

cultural gang and the entrepreneurial gang, where cultural gangs were not

organized for the purpose of selling drugs as a gang business. These gangs

were typically found in the Mexican-American community and stressed loyalty

to neighborhood and other gang members. In contrast, entrepreneurial gangs

were organized primarily to sell drugs. Such gangs predominated in northern

California, and gang members perceived themselves as organized criminals.

Although neighborhood ties often formed the basis for gang recruitment,

individual commitment to life-of-crime values was the key requirement for gang

membership. Crack cocaine appeared to be the most profitable drug and

sometimes blurred the distinction between the cultural gang and the

entrepreneurial gang. The future of drug markets is discussed in terms of drug

use and drug sale patterns.

Organization:

Editor: Gaines, L.; and Kraska, B.

Author:

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Year: 1996

Length: 483 pages

Topic: Relationship between drugs and crime

Target Audience: Policymakers, law enforcement officials,

general audience

Availability: Waveland Press, P.O. Box 400, Prospect Heights, IL

60070; 847-634-0081

Format: Paperback book

Cost: $25.95

Internet Address:

Gangs in America

This new edition brings together 13 updated or new contributions, discussing

the definition and measurement of gang crime; behavioral, ecological, and

socioeconomic dimensions; ethnicity and gender factors; and the reciprocal

relationships between gangs and their communities, from both research and

community perspectives.

Organization:

Editor: Huff, C.

Author:

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Year: 1996

Length: 322 pages

Topic: American gangs

Target Audience: General audience, policymakers, prevention

program planners

Availability: Bookstores or contact Sage Publications, Inc., 2455

Teller Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, 800-499-0721

Format: Hardcover book

Cost: $65

Internet Address: http://www.sagepub.com
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Sourcebook on Serious, Violent, and

Chronic Juvenile Offenders

This book discusses the many types of juvenile offenders found in the

American court system. While the entire book is a resource for increased

understanding and awareness of the juvenile crimes problem in America, one

chapter focuses solely on juvenile offenders involved in gangs. This chapter

reviews recent gang research, with emphasis on the role of juvenile gangs in

the increase in violence; the nature and extent of gang migration; the

relationships among gangs, drugs, and violence; and the relationship between

gang participation and serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offending. Results

reveal that the violent youth gang problem is increasing with respect to the

numbers of cities involved, the numbers of violent offenses, and the use of

lethal weapons.

Organization:

Editor: Howell, J.; and Krisberg, B.

Author:

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Year: 1995

Length: 304 pages

Topic: Overview of juvenile offenders

Target Audience: Educators, policymakers, prevention program

planners

Availability: Bookstores or contact Sage Publications, Inc., 2455

Teller Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320; 800-499-0721

Format: Book

Cost: $39.95

Internet Address:

Booklets, Brochures, and Fact Sheets

Youth Gangs, Drugs, and Violence

Connection

The popular image of youth gangs ties them directly to drugs and violent

crime. Many studies have produced conflicting images of youth gang

involvement in drug trafficking and violence, differences that stem from the lack

of a clear distinction between youth gangs and adult criminal drug trafficking

organizations. This report investigates interrelation among youth gangs, drugs,

and violent crime. The authors argue that youth gang members are more likely

to be actively involved in drug use, drug trafficking, and violent crime than

nonmembers, but that these illegal activities are often independent of the

activities of the gang, evidenced by the fact that most gang members engaged

in illegal activities before they were gang members. The authors discuss policy

and program implications of youth gang drug trafficking and violence as well as

ways of breaking the cycle of gang involvement in drugs and violence.

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Editor:

Author: Decker, S.; and Howell, J.C.

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Year: 1999

Length: 12 pages

Topic: Connection between youth gangs and violence

Target Audience: Parents, educators, prevention program

planners

Availability: National Criminal Justice Resource Service, P.O.

Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20849-6000; 800- 851-3420

Format: Bulletin

Cost: Free

Internet Address: http://www.ncjrs.org/alphtitl.html

Youth Gangs: An Overview

This paper provides an overview of the problems that youth gangs pose,

identifies the differences between youth gangs and adult criminal

organizations, examines the risk factors that lead to youth gang membership,

and presents promising strategies being used to curb youth gang involvement.

Youth gang prob-lems are proliferating across the United States, even in small

cities and towns. At the same time, the composition of youth gangs is

changing; smaller, less-structured gangs are emerging, and although drug

trafficking is generally not an organized activity managed by gangs, drug

gangs are more predominant now than in previous decades. The racial/ethnic

composition of gangs is also changing, and gangs are becoming more

organized. Gang violence, particularly homicide, has increased, mainly

because of the availability and use of more dangerous weapons, especially

automatic and semiautomatic handguns. Most gang problems are

“homegrown”; gang migration apparently contributes little to local gang

problems.

Organization:

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Author: Howell, J.

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Year: 1998

Length: 20 pages

Topic: Youth gangs

Target Audience: Parents, teachers, general audience

Availability: National Criminal Justice Resource Service, P.O.

Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20849-6000, 800-851-3420;

Format: Report

Cost: Free

Internet Address: http://www.ncjrs.org/alphtitl.html Also available

online at www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/ 167249.pdf

Gangs and Drugs
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Stanley “Tookie” Williams, a co-founder of the Los Angeles Crips gang who is

currently on death row for murders he committed as a gang member, brings a

strong message to children about the dangers of gangs, violence, and drugs in

this booklet.

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Author: Becner, B.; and Williams, S.

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Year: 1997

Length: 24 pages

Topic: Dangers of gangs

Target Audience: High-risk youth, elementary youth (grades 3–6),

jr. high youth, educators, and parents

Availability: Bookstores or Hazelden Foundation, P.O. Box 11,

Center City, MN 55012; 800-257-7810

Format: Booklet

Cost: $6.95

Internet Address: http://www.hazelden.org

National Evaluation of GREAT

During the 1980’s and 1990’s, gang affiliation by young people and their

involvement in criminal activity became a major concern for law enforcement

and the public. The GREAT (Gang Resistance Education and Training)

program was developed to reduce adolescent involvement in gangs and

criminal behavior. A national evaluation of GREAT consisted of a two-pronged

approach: (1) a preliminary study comparing students who completed GREAT

with others who did not participate or who enrolled but failed to finish; and (2) a

longitudinal quasi-experimental design assessing both short-term and longterm effects of GREAT. The evaluation was based on 5,935 8th grade students

from 42 schools in 11 locales where GREAT was taught. Preliminary results

indicated that students who completed GREAT lessons reported more prosocial behaviors and attitudes than their peers who did not finish the program

or who failed to participate in the first place. Results also demonstrated that

students who completed GREAT lessons had lower rates of self-reported

delinquency and gang membership, more communication with and attachment

to parents, greater commitment to schools, and fewer perceived obstacles to

academic achievement

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Author: Esbensen, F.A.; and Osgood, D.W.

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Year: 1997

Length: 8 pages

Topic: Evaluation of gang resistance training

Target Audience: Educators, prevention program planners

Availability: National Criminal Justice Resource Service, P.O.

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Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20849-6000, 800- 851-3420

Format: Report

Cost: Free

Internet Address: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/167264.pdf

Videos, Posters, and Other Items

Gang Characteristics and Activities

Water B. Miller, Ph.D., discusses new trends in gang locations and numbers,

defines gang terminology, identifies drug involvement and ex-plains the

“gangster” concept. Miller is a nationally known expert on gang behavior. He

has served as a consultant and advisor to the U.S. Department of Justice

Department and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on issues

relating to youth gangs. This program helps effectively combat the gang

problem by increasing awareness of current characteristics, including

geographical spread and present methods for coping with gangs.

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Year: 1997

Length: 26 minutes

Topic: Gang activities

Target Audience:

Availability: Syndistar, 5801 River Road, New Orleans, LA

70123; 800-241-9532

Format: Video

Cost: $79.95

Internet Address: http://www.syndistar.com

Gangs: Turning the Corner

Everyone is familiar with the prob-lems surrounding gang violence, but how

many are familiar with the solutions? Hosted by James Earl Jones, this video

captures the people and programs that are successfully turning the corner on

gangs from across the United States. This program is designed to motivate

and inspire parents, educators, police, and community members to work in

partnership to take action.

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Year: 1994

Length: 30 minutes

Topic: Solving the problems that gang violence creates
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Topic: Solving the problems that gang violence creates

Target Audience: Students (Jr. and Sr. high), parents, teachers,

general audience

Availability: Film Ideas, 308 North Wolf Road, Wheeling, IL

60090; 800-475-3456

Format: Video

Cost: $69

Internet Address: http://www.filmideas.com/community.html

Studies, Articles, and Reports

Childhood Risk Factors for Adolescent

Gang Membership: Results From the

Seattle Social Development Project

Adolescents who join gangs are more frequently involved in serious

delinquency than those who do not. This study uses longitudinal data to

predict gang membership in adolescence from factors measured in childhood.

Data were from the Seattle Social Development Project, an ethnically diverse,

gender-balanced sample (n=808) followed prospectively from ages 10 to 18.

Logistic regression was used to identify risk factors at ages 10 through 12 that

were predictive of joining a gang between ages 13 and 18. Neighborhood,

family, school, peer, and individual factors significantly predicted the likelihood

of joining a gang in adolescence. Youths exposed to multiple factors were

much more likely to join a gang. Implications for the development of gang

prevention interventions are discussed.

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Editor:

Author: Battin-Pearson, S.R.; Hawkins, J.D.; Hill, H.G.; and

Howell, J.C.

Publication: Journal of Research in Crime and Delin-quency:

36(3): 300–322

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Youth Gangs, Drugs, and Delinquency

This study addressed the relationship among youth gangs, drug use, and

delinquency by focusing on (1) the effects of prior drug use and delinquency on

gang membership; (2) the effect of gang membership on drug use and

delinquency; and (3) the interaction effects of prior drug use and delinquency

with gang membership.
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Organization:

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Author: Welte, J.W.; Wieczorek, W.F.; and Zhang, L.

Publication: Journal of Criminal Justice: 27(2): 101-109

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Role of Drug Markets and Gangs in Local

Homicide Rates

This study investigates homicides that involved drugs, gangs, and youth with

guns with respect to their spatial and temporal dynamics, using data on

homicides between 1985 and 1995 for Chicago and St. Louis. The research

focused on basic trends in each of the features of the targeted homicides

(e.g., gang, drug, youthful offenders, youthful victims, and guns) to determine

whether each type of homicide had particularly strong spatial and temporal

patterns. The research then used a fixed-effects logistical model to study the

neighborhood-level persistence of homicide events. Results were consistent

with expectations; that is, drug and gang homicides displayed substantial

concentrations of violent incidents spatially and temporally within different

neighborhoods in a city. Find-ings also indicated localized temporal

dependencies, in which a recent homicide changed the probability of another

homicide in the same local area. Both drug and gang homicides displayed

indications of self-limiting suppression effects that inhibited extended periods

of sustained high rates of these types of violence in the same area. Finally,

data indicated cross-type diffusion from drug and gang homicides to

subsequently higher rates of other gun homicides involving young offenders or

victims.

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Author: Cohen, J.; Cork, D.; Engberg, J.; and Tita, G.

Publication: Homicide Studies: 2(3): 241-262

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Drinking, Kicking Back, and Gang

Banging: Alcohol, Violence, and Street

Gangs

This article examines the role of alcohol in the social life of youth gangs and

the relationship of drinking to gang violence, using data from two studies of

ethnic youth gangs in California between 1990 and 1994. Data were collected

by means of field work and interviews with 659 gang members in the black,

Asian, and Hispanic communities. Snowball sampling was used to locate and

interview members from 99 gangs. The interviews included a quantitative

survey followed by a tape-recorded session that used open-ended questions.

Gang members ranged in age from 13 to 40 with a median age of 20. The

authors found that gang members spent the majority of their time hanging

around and talking, defending honor, keeping the police at bay, cruising

around in a car, doing a few deals, defending turf, and drinking and using

drugs. Drinking was endemic to gang life and occurred throughout the day.

Aggressive and violent behavior was also widespread. The relationship

between drinking and violence was complex; both drinking and aggression had

symbolic and ritualized content, rather than a purely instrumental nature.

Further research should compare the symbolism and context of drinking and

violence between gang members and other groups.

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Author: Hunt, G.; Joe, K.; and Waldorf, D.

Publication: Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology: 24(2): 123–132

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Female Gang Participation: The Role of

African-American Women in the Informal

Drug Economy and Gang Activities

The result of a dissertation research project, this book studies young AfricanAmerican gang members in a middle-class Midwestern city. The author is

particularly interested in the role these women play in the city’s gang culture.

The author conducted a series of conversational interviews with women ages

21 to 33. Not surprisingly, the author finds that money is the biggest

motivating factor for women to join a gang.

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Author: Smith, J.C.

Publication: Journal of Criminal Lawand Criminology: 88(2):

767–768

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Homeboys, Dope Fiends, Legits, and New

Jacks

Using data obtained from interviews with 90 male gang members in

Milwaukee, this study provides quantitative and qualitative data on the

conventional orientations of young adult gang members. The results showed

that gang members appear to be working more today than 5 years ago, but

participation in the legitimate labor market remains slow, and drug trafficking

seems to have filled the employment vacuum. Researchers developed four

types of male adult gang members based on the degree of conventional

behavior they displayed: those few who had gone “legit” or had matured out of

gang involvement; homeboys, those black and Latino gang members who

alternately worked conventional jobs and took part in drug sales; dope fiends,

who participated in drug trafficking as a way to maintain access to the drug;

and new jacks, who regarded drug trafficking as a career.

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Author: Hagedorn, J.M.

Publication: Criminology: 32(2): 197–219

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Prevention Strategies, Youth Gang Drug

Trafficking, and Homicide: Policy and

Program Implications

This review of research on youth gang drug trafficking and homicide concludes

that the connection between drug law offenses and homicide is not basically a

gang phenomenon. Some gang migration is related to drug market expansion

and other criminal activities. Some youth gangs are involved in drug trafficking

in particular communities in certain cities. However, youth gang studies have

provided little information about the adult criminal organizations that manage

and control drug trafficking operations. Studies also document youth gang

drug wars. The growing use of increasingly lethal weapons has also resulted in

increases in gang homicides. Nevertheless, studies of youth gang homicides

reveal that homicides committed by individual gang members may be as
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reveal that homicides committed by individual gang members may be as

prevalent as those committed in conjunction with the gang. The findings

indicate that more attention should be focused on solving youth gang

problems. The priority should focus on youth gang homicides, which appear to

be increasing. The most cost-effective long-term strategy to address the youth

gang problem may be to prevent children and adolescents from joining gangs.

The program model that proves to be most effective in reducing gang

homicides is likely to contain multiple and collaborating components that

include prevention, social intervention, treatment, suppression, and community

mobilization.

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Author: Howell, J.C.

Publication: Juvenile Justice: 4(2): 9–20

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Slinging Dope: The Role of Gangs and

Gang Members in Drug Sales

Two competing views on the role of gangs and gang members in drug sales

are evaluated. One is that street gangs are well-organized drug dealers who

reinvest profits from drug sales into the gang. The other is that drug sales by

gangs are not well organized and gang members often act independently of

the gang in selling drugs. These views were examined in the context of

findings from a 3-year field study of street gangs in St. Louis. Interviews were

conducted with gang members, and information was obtained about reasons

for joining the gang, the nature of gang organization, legal and illegal gang

activities, links to other gangs, ties to traditional institutions, and the bond

between gang members and their families. In addition to interviews,

observations were made of gang activities and individual gang members. The

role of 99 active gang members in drug sales was investigated. Results

unequivocally showed that gang involvement in drug sales did not affect

recruitment and failed to produce commitment to a central goal. In general,

gangs were loose associations of young men and women united through

shared concerns about turf protection, reputation, and safety. Even though

gangs were extensively involved in drug sales, such involvement was seldom

well organized. Findings are discussed in light of the gang’s organizational

structure and the nature of the street drug market.

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Author: Decker, S.H.; and Van Winkle, B.

Publication: Justice Quarterly: 11(4): 583–604

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“Smartness,” “Toughness,” and

“Autonomy”: Drug Use in the Context of

Gang Female Delinquency

This report, based on data from interviews with a selective sample of selfidentified female gang members, compares the practices and characteristics

of three gangs, highlighting the interrelationship of drugs, delinquency, and

social context. The degree of autonomy obtained by female gang members is

shaped by the entrepreneurial success of their delinquent activities, especially

drug sales.

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Author: Brotherton, D.C.

Publication: Journal of Drug Issues: 26(1): 261–277

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Gangs, Drugs, and Violence

This article argues that adolescent gang violence needs to be distinguished

from adult and individual violence by gang members. Available evidence

indicates that gang-related behavior can be changed through effective

interventions, such as those implemented in East Los Angeles in the 1970’s.

Many of the stereotypical perceptions of gang behavior are being challenged

by research which has shown wide variations in the level of gang violence and

the fact that not all gangs are involved in the increasingly violent drug trade.

The author suggests that economic variables may be as instrumental in the

proliferation of gang activity as they are in the upsurge in illegal drug

marketing. Research on gangs should take into account not only local

economic factors, but also ethnicity and sub-cultural variations, variations in

gang social structure and in gang values about violence, and variations among

individual gang members.

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Author: Moore, J.

Publication: Prevention Researcher: 1(2): 1–3
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Neighborhoods, Markets, and Gang Drug

Organizations

This study sought to determine whether gangs sell drugs on a freelance basis

or whether their drug dealing is more organized. Data came from observations

and extensive field work over many years, starting when the author directed

Milwaukee’s first gang diversion program and became acquainted with many

gang founders and leaders. Some of the data came from studies in 1987 and

1992; other information came from confidential interviews conducted in 1992

and 1993 with 101 founding members of 18 gangs. The participants included

90 males and 11 females; 60 percent were black, 37 percent were Hispanic,

and 3 percent were white. Results revealed that inflexible, vertically organized

drug businesses were unlikely to be successful, and that this type of

entrepreneurial gang failed in Milwaukee. Instead, most gang drug sales in

Milwaukee were by neighborhood-based, loosely organized operations.

Neighborhood based drug-selling organizations varied according to the

profitability and stability of the drug market. The complexity of the organization

generally varied inversely with the extent that drug sales were centered on the

neighborhood as a market. Findings suggested that ethnicity may have an

independent effect on an organization. Results indicated that research needs

to give more attention to organizational theory and the neighborhood context of

gang activities and organization.

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