Bad seeds
Subtitle: the true story of Toronto's Galloway Boys Street Gang
By: Betsy Powell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada; Wiley
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Mississauga, Ont
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780470157770; 9780470840603
Subjects: Organized crime; Administration of Criminal justice; Galloway Boys Street Gang; Murder; Trials (Murder); Gangs; Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile delinquents; Social Science
Description: This book tells the story of the Galloway Boys, who as young teens banded together in an urban-blighted area of Toronto's east end to sell drugs and run guns. They were led by Tyshan Riley, born into one of the toughest neighborhoods in Canada and raised by an often absent and erratic mother. He learned his lessons on the streets-how to sell drugs, how to steal--and used violence to get the money, sex and respect that he lived for. The area known as Galloway is home to 186 hectares of public housing. Crossing bridges is the only route into the area. It created a sense of isolation and for thos.
Notes: Includes index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: BAD SEEDS; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Cast of Characters; Glossary; G-Way and Malvern Gang Turf Map; Chapter 1: Wrong time, wrong place; Chapter 2: Junior and Leo; Chapter 3: The baddest seed; Chapter 4: From Scarberia to Scarlem; Chapter 5: Gangbanging and the art of chess; Chapter 6: Anatomy of a gang war; Chapter 7: Slipping can be fatal; Chapter 8: The good kid; Chapter 9: Project pathfinder: the first big break; Chapter 10: Takedown at the mall; Chapter 11: The wire; Chapter 12: The cucumber in the freezer; Chapter 13: A rat takes a road trip; Chapter 14: A sinner comes clean