An introduction to gangs
By: by George W. Knox.
Edition: Rev. and expanded 5th ed.
Publisher: New Chicago School Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Peotone, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 708
Subjects: Gangs -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 561-596) and indexes.

CONTENTS:

An overview : the social science approach to understanding gangs -- Classification factors for gang analysis -- Major milestones in gang studies -- The racism-oppression thesis for gang analysis -- Gangs : underclass, surplus population, and human capital -- Politics and gang crime : another continuity in thinking about gangs -- The oral history technique and qualitative gang research styles -- The true story about the Shaw & McKay tradition -- Shaw and McKay on gangs : with commentary and historical digression -- The Thrasher criminological riddle : what was his actual research methodology? -- Gangs as an urban way of life -- An organizational approach to gang analysis -- Gangs, guerrilla warfare, and social conflict -- Towards the understanding of gangs : the group factor – A comparison of cults and gangs : dimensions of coercive power and malevolent authority -- Gangs and drugs – Gang crime and organized crime -- Female gang members and rights of children -- Asian gangs -- The family and the gang -- The promulgation of gangbanging through the mass media -- The community’s role in dealing with gangs -- Law enforcement and gangs -- The impact of the federal prosecution of the Gangster Disciples -- Gangs and adult correctional institutions -- Gangs and juvenile correctional institutions -- Gang prevention and intervention -- Gang programs : an overview, analysis and critique -- Gang theory -- Gangs and the future : towards theoretical integration and policy options for reducing the gang problem -- Selected bibliography on gangs – 

Appendix A : written constitution and by-laws of the Almighty Latin King Nation -- Appendix B : written constitution and by-laws of the Spanish Gangster Disciple Nation -- Appendix C : internal documents of the Brothers of the Struggle -- Appendix D : written constitution of the Vice Lords -- Appendix E : the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Prevention Act – Appendix F : the Gangster Disciples : a gang profile -- Appendix G : gang profile : the Black Gangsters, AKA “New Breed” -- Appendix H : gang profile : the Black Disciples -- Appendix I : gang profile : the Latin Kings -- Appendix J : gang profile : the Black P. Stone Nation -- Appendix K : Crips – a gang profile analysis.