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A highly regarded introductory college text or training book for those whose work is directly affected by gang members. This revised edition (second was 1993) features 66 tables of research data and 28 figures; new chapters dealing with specialized subjects in gang research such as female gang members and Asian gang members; more internal documents from some of the larger, more sophisticated American gangs; and new developments in the gang problem and the response to the gang problem. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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• Chapter 1 An Overview: The Social Science Approach to Understanding Gangs(p. 1)
• Chapter 2 Classification Factors for Gang Analysis(p. 17)
• Chapter 3 Major Milestones in Gang Studies(p. 39)
• Chapter 4 The Racism-Oppression Thesis for Gang Analysis(p. 63)
• Chapter 5 Gangs: Underclass, Surplus Population, and Human Capital(p. 79)
• Chapter 6 Politics and Gang Crime: Another Continuity in Thinking about Gangs(p. 91)
• Chapter 7 The Oral History and Qualitative Gang Research Styles(p. 109)
• Chapter 8 The True Story About The Shaw and Mc Kay Tradition(p. 123)
• Chapter 9 Shaw and Mc Kay on Gangs: With Commentary and Historical Analysis(p. 135)
• Chapter 10 The Thrasher Criminological Riddle: What Was His Actual Research Methodology?(p. 147)
• Chapter 11 Gangs As An Urban Way of Life(p. 161)
• Chapter 12 An Organizational Approach to Gang Analysis(p. 177)
• Chapter 13 Gangs, Guerrilla Warfare, and Social Conflict(p. 191)
• Chapter 14 Towards the Understanding of Gangs: The Group Factor(p. 213)
• Chapter 15 A Comparison of Cults and Gangs: Dimensions of Coercive Power and Malevolent Authority(p. 227)
• Chapter 16 Gangs and Drugs(p. 253)
• Chapter 17 Gang Crime and Organized Crime(p. 267)
• Chapter 18 Female Gang Members and Rights of Children(p. 279)
• Chapter 19 Asian Gangs(p. 297)
• Chapter 20 The Family and the Gang(p. 313)
• Chapter 21 The Promulgation of Gangbanging Through the Mass Media(p. 335)
• Chapter 22 The Community's Role in Dealing With Gangs(p. 351)
• Chapter 23 Law Enforcement and Gangs(p. 371)
• Chapter 24 The Impact of the Federal Prosecution of the Gangster Disciples(p. 393)
• Chapter 25 Gangs and Adult Correctional Institutions(p. 431)
• Chapter 26 Gangs and Juvenile Correctional Institutions(p. 481)
• Chapter 27 Gang Prevention and Intervention(p. 497)
• Chapter 28 Gang Programs: An Overview, Analysis and Critique(p. 513)
• Chapter 29 Gang Theory(p. 529)
• Chapter 30 Gangs and the Future: Towards Theoretical Integration and Policy Options For Reducing the Gang Problem(p. 543)
• Selected Bibliography on Gangs(p. 561)
• Appendix A Written Constitution and By-Laws of the Almighty Latin King Nation(p. 597)
• Appendix B Written Constitution and By-Laws of the Spanish Gangster Disciple Nation(p. 606)
• Appendix C Internal Documents of the Brothers of the Struggle(p. 612)
• Appendix D Written Constitution of the Vice Lords(p. 617)
• Appendix E The Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Prevention Act(p. 631)
• Appendix F The Gangster Disciples: A Gang Profile(p. 634)
• Appendix G Gang Profile: The Black Gangsters, AKA "New Breed"(p. 645)
• Appendix H Gang Profile: The Black Disciples(p. 653)
• Appendix I Gang Profile: The Latin Kings(p. 663)
• Appendix J Gang Profile: The Black P. Stone Nation(p. 681)
• Appendix K Crips-A Gang Profile Analysis(p. 693)
• Author Index(p. 699)
• Subject Index(p. 703)