An Introduction to Street Gangs

Anderson, Elijah. 1994. The Code of the Streets. The Atlantic Monthly.

California Department of Justice Division of Law Enforcement. Bureau of Investigation. 1993. Gang 2000: A Call to Action: the Attorney General's Report on the Impact of Crimina Street Gangs on Crime and Prevention by the Year 2000.

Decker, Scott H. Decker, Scott. 1996. Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence. Cambridge University Press.

Huff, C. Ronald. 1996. Gangs in America. Sage Publications.

Jackson, Robert K. McBride, Wesley D. 1986. Understanding Street Gangs. Custom Publishing.

Jankowski, Martin Sanchez. 1992. Islands in the Street: Gangs and American Urban Society. University of California Press.

Kinnear, Karen L. 1996. Gangs: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues). Abo-Cleo.

Klein, Malcolm W. Crawford , Lois Y. 1967. Groups, Gangs, and Cohesiveness. University of Southern California, Youth Studies Center.

Klein, Malcolm. Maxson, Miller. 1995. The Modern Gang Reader.

Knox, George W. 1994. An Introduction to Gangs. Wyndham Hall Press.

Korem, Danny. 1995. Suburban Gangs: The Affluent Rebels. Intl. Focus Press.

Ley, David. 1974. The Black Inner City as a Frontier Outpost. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.

Maxson, Cheryl. Klein, Malcolm. 1996. Street Gang Migration: How Big the Threat? NIJ Journal. 230: 26-31.

Moore, Jack B. 1993. Skinheads Shaved for Battle: A Cultural History of American Skinheads. Bowling Green State University Popular Press.

Moore, Joan. 1991. Going Down to the Barrio: Homeboys and Homegirls in Change. Temple University Press.

Sachs, Steven L. 1997. Street Gang Awareness: A Resource Guide for Parents and Professionals. Fairview Press.

Schatzberg, Rufus. 1993. Black Organized Crime in Harlem: 1920-1930. Garland.

Stewart, Gail B. 1998. Gangs (Opposing Viewpoints Digests Ser.). Greenhaven Press.

Taylor, Carl S. 1990. Dangerous Society. Michigan State University Press.

California-Based Gangs

Bakeer, Donald. 1987. Crips: The Story of the L.A. Street Gang from 1972-1985. Precocious.

California District Attorney. 1992. Gangs, Crime and Violence in Los Angeles: Findings and Proposals. Office of the District Attorney, County of Los Angeles.

Espinoza, Federico Garcia Jr. 1984. An Historical Look on the Growth of Hispanic Gangs in Los Angeles County. Unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Southern California.

Herbert, Steve. 1997. Policing Space: Territoriality and the Los Angeles Police Department. University of Minnesota Press.

Moore, Joan B. 1978. Homeboys: Gangs, Drugs and Prisons in the Barrios of Los Angeles. Temple University Press.

Rodriguez, Luis J. 1994. Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. Touchstone Books.

Vigil, James Diego. 1998. Barrio Gangs: Street Life and Identity in Southern California. University of Texas Press.

Chicago-Based Gangs

Hagedorn, John M. 1988. People and Folks: Gangs, Crime, and the Underclass in a Rustbelt City. With the collaboration of Perry Macon. Lake View Press.

Perkins, Useni Eugene. 1987. Explosion of Chicago's Black Street Gangs: 1900 to the Present. Third World Press.

Whyte, W. F. 1943. Street Corner Society. University of Chicago Press.

Gangs, Drugs, and Crime

Chin, Ko-Lin. 1986. Chinese Triad Societies, Tongs, Organized Crime, and Street Gangs in Asia and the United States. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. University of Pennsylvania.

Christensen, Loren W. 1994. Skinhead Street Gangs. Paladin Press.

Curry, G. David. Decker, Scott H. 1998. Confronting Gangs: Crime and Community. Roxbury Publishing.

Decker, Scott H. Van Winkle, Barrick. 1994. Slinging Dope: The Role of Gangs and Gang Members in Drug Sales. Justice Quarterly Vol. 11, No 4.

Galindo, Letticia D. 1993. The Language of Gangs, Drugs, and Prison Life Among Chicanas. Latino Studies Journal Sept. 1, Vol. 4, No. P23.

Maxson, Cheryl. 1995. Street Gangs and Drug Sales in Two Suburban Cities. NIJ Research in Brief.

Moore, Joan B. 1978. Homeboys: Gangs, Drugs and Prisons in the Barrios of Los Angeles. Temple.

Gang Graffiti

Cesareti, Gusmano. 1975. Street Writers: A Guided Tour of Chicano Graffiti. Acrobat.

Ley, David. Cybriwsky, Roman. 1975. Urban Graffiti as Territorial Markers. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 64, No. 4: 491-505, 1974.

Phillips, Susan A. 1999. Wallbangin' Graffiti and Gangs in L.A. University of Chicago Press.

Gang Tattoos

Kent, Douglas Hall. 1997. Prison Tattoos. St. Martin's Press.

Valentine, Bill. Schober, Robert. 2000. Gangs and Their Tattoos: Identifying Gangbangers on the Street and in Prison. Paladin Press.

Gangs and Law Enforcement

Sipchen, Bob. 1993. Baby Insane and the Buddha: How a Crip and a Cop Joined Forces to Shut Down a Gang. Doubleday.

Skolnick Jerome H. [1990]. Gang Organization and Migration: Drugs, Gangs, and Law Enforcement. Office of the Attorney General, Dept. of Justice.

Werthman, Carl. Piliavin, Irving. 1967. Gang Members and the Police. In: David J. Bordua ed. The Police: Six Sociological Essays. 56-98. John Wiley and Sons: New York.

Gang Suppression

Goldstein, Arnold P. Huff, Ronald C. eds. 1993. The Gang Intervention Handbook. Research Press.

Goldstein, Arnold P. et al. 1994. The Prosocial Gang: Implementing Aggression Replacement Training. Sage Publications.

Spergel, Irving A. et al. 1994. Gang Suppression and Intervention: Problem and Response Research Summary. Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Girl Gangs

Bjerregaard, Beth. Smith, Carolyn. 1993. Gender Differences in Gang Participation, Delinquency, and Substance Abuse. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 9: 329-55.

Burris-Kitchen, Deborah. 1997. Female Gang Participation: The Role of African-American Women in the Informal Drug Economy and Gang Activities. Edwin Mellen Press.

Chesney-Lind, Meda. Hagedorn, John M.. 1999. Female Gangs in America: Essays on Girls Gangs, and Gender. Lake View Press.

Fleisher, Mark S. 1998. Dead End Kids: Gang Girls and the Boys They Know. University of Wisconsin Press.

Harris, Mary G. 1988. Latino Girls and Gangs. AMS Press.

Miller, Jody. 2000. One of the Guys: Girls, Gangs, and Gender. Oxford University Press.

Sikes, Gini. 1998. 8 Ball Chicks: A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangsters. Doubleday Books.

Taylor, Carl S. Edelman, Marian Wright. 1993. Girls, Gangs, Wormen, and Drugs. Publisher Unknown.

Juvenile Gangs

Cohen, Albert K. 1955. Delinquent Boys: The Culture of the Gang. Free Press.

Covey, Herbert C. Menard, Scott. Franzese, Robert J. 1997. Juvenile Gangs. Charles C. Thomas.

Cummings, Scott. Monti, Daniel J. eds. Impact of Contemporary Youth Gangs in the United States. Sage Publications.

Goldstein, Arnold P. Kodluboy, Donald W. 1998. Gangs in Schools: Signs, Symbols, and Solutions. Research Press.

Monti, Daniel J. 1994. Wannabe: Gangs in Suburbs and Schools. Blackwell.

Notorious Gangsters

Bing, Leon. 1999. Do or Die: America's Most Notorious Gangs Speak for Themselves. Econo-Clad Books.

Shakur, Sanyika. Scott , Kody Monster. 1998. The Monster: Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member. Addison-Wesley Publishing.

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