Gangs and gang behavior
By: G. Larry Mays, editor
Contributors: Mays, G. Larry.
Publisher: Nelson-Hall Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9780830414574
Copyright date: 1997
Subjects: Gangs -- United States.; Juvenile delinquency -- United States.
Description: xi, 490 p. : 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one : Definitions : a struggle for understanding.; title: The logic of definition in criminology : purposes and methods for defining "gangs" / Richard A. Ball, G. David Curry; title: The definition and measurement of "gang status" : policy implications for juvenile justice / L. Thomas Winfree, Jr. [and others]; title: Gang crime and law enforcement recordkeeping / G. David Curry, Richard A. Ball, Robert J. Fox; title: Part two : Theories : a search for explanation.; title: Social learning theory, self-reported delinquency, and youth gangs : a new twist on a general theory of crime and delinquency / L. Thomas Winfree, Jr., Teresa Vigil Bäckström, G. Larry Mays; title: Crime, youth gangs, and urban transition : the social dislocations of postindustrial economic development / Pamela Irving Jackson; title: Age, social context, and street gang membership : are "youth" gangs becoming "adult" gangs? / James R. Lasley; title: Perceived blocked opportunity as an explanation of delinquency among lower-class Black males : a research note / Ronald L. Simons, Phyllis A. Gray; title: Part three : The demographics of gangs : gender, race, and ethnicity.; title: Self definition by rejection : the case of gang girls / Anne Campbell; title: Cholas, Mexican-American girls, and gangs / Mary G. Harris; title: Gang involvement and delinquency among Hispanic and African-American adolescent males / G. David Curry, Irving A. Spergel; title: Los cholos : legal processing of Chicano gang members / Marjorie S. Zatz; title: Patterns of Chinese gang extortion / Ko-Lin Chin, Jeffrey Fagan, Robert J. Kelly; title: A short history of Asian gangs in San Francisco / Calvin Toy; title: Part four : Gang activity : drugs and violence.; title: Gangs, drugs, and delinquency in a survey of urban youth / Finn-Aage Esbensen and David Huizinga; title: "Crack," street gangs, and violence / Malcolm W. Klein, Cheryl L. Maxson, Lea C. Cunningham; title: Differences between gang and nongang homicides / Cheryl L. Maxson, Margaret A. Gordon, Malcolm W. Klein; title: Gang homicide, delinquency, and community / G. David Curry; title: Routine activities and a subculture of violence : a study of violence on the street / Leslie W. Kennedy, Stephen W. Baron; title: Part five : Different contexts, different gangs.; title: Women in outlaw motorcycle gangs / Columbus B. Hopper, Johnny Moore; title: A comparative analysis of prison gang members, security threat group inmates, and general population prisoners in the Texas Department of Corrections / Robert S. Fong, Ronald E. Vogel; title: The threat of the Jamaican posses to the United States in the 1990s / Ronald A. Pincomb, Daniel L. Judiscak; title: Part six : Gang policies : prevention, intervention, and enforcement.; title: Community organization and gang policy response / G. David Curry, Rodney W. Thomas; title: Gangs, neighborhoods, and public policy / John M. Hagedorn; title: The police and social threat : urban transition, youth gangs, and social control / Pamela Irving Jackson; title: Street gangs and preventive interventions / David W. Thompson, Leonard A. Jason; title: Deviant adolescent subcultures : assessment strategies and clinical interventions / Cynthia M. Clark