Youth Gangs In American Society 3rd Ed Shelden Randall G 1943 by Shelden, Randall G., 1943-, Tracy, Sharon K; Brown, William B. (william Bud), 1945- instant download after payment.

xiv, 344 pages : 24 cm, This comprehensive survey of the literature on gangs and gang activities in America includes theoretical perspectives on why gangs exist, gang typologies, descriptions of gang activities, and various intervention strategies for dealing with gangs. -- Google Books, Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-322) and index, Foreword / Todd Clear -- Preface -- 1. Introduction : a brief history of gangs -- The recent growth of gangs : a focus on Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and Chicago -- Los Angeles gangs -- Milwaukee gangs -- Chicago gangs -- Some concluding thoughts on the recent growth of gangs -- What is a gang? -- Chicago's use of descriptors to gang-related crime -- Stereotypes of gangs -- How many gangs and gang members are there? -- Gang migration -- Are there gangs in rural areas? -- Summary -- Notes -- 2. What do gangs and gang members look like? -- A word of caution -- An overview of gang structures -- Illustrations of gang typologies -- Types of gangs -- Types of gang members -- The supergangs of Chicago : people and folks -- Hybrid gangs -- Ethnic and racial typologies of gangs -- Chicano gangs -- Asian gangs -- African-American gangs -- White gangs -- Some common characteristics of gang members -- Gang members as defiant individualists -- Gang members as victims and victimizers -- Summary -- Notes -- 3. The gang subculture -- The nature and origins of and socialization into the gang subculture -- Joining a gang -- Reasons for deciding to join a gang -- Gang recruitment -- Additional comments on gang recruitment -- Who does not join a gang? -- Leaving the gang -- Belief systems of gang members -- A case example : the code of the streets -- Social control in the gang -- Gang members and their families -- Gang graffiti and tattoos -- Purposes and styles of graffiti -- Summary -- Notes -- 4. Criminal activities of gangs -- Introduction : an overview of gangs and crime -- Entrepreneurial activities of gangs -- The gang as a business : a