Youth gangs
Subtitle: an overview
By: James C. Howell.
Contributors: United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Series: Juvenile justice bulletin
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Published: 1998
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Gangs -- United States.; Juvenile delinquency -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-19).
Caption title.
Shipping list no.: 98-0376-P.
"August 1998."
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: History of youth gangs; title: Demographic characteristics; title: Gang specialization; title: Female gang delinquency; title: Scope of the problem; title: Youth gang proliferation; title: Gang problems in juvenile detention and correctional facilities; title: Community and economy; title: Why do youth join gangs?; title: Risk factors for gang membership; title: Youth gangs and violence; title: Guns; title: Homicides; title: Drive-by shootings; title: Drug trafficking; title: Gang migration; title: Homicide and the drug trade; title: Changing composition of youth gangs; title: Solutions; title: Conclusion.