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Title:

Encyclopedia of gangs / edited by Louis Kontos and David C. Brotherton.

Publisher:

Greenwood Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxii, 289 p. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Gangs--United States--Encyclopedias.
Gangs--Encyclopedias.
Gangs--États-Unis--Encyclopédies.
Gangs--Encyclopédies.

Other Authors:

Kontos, Louis.
Brotherton, David.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Yablonsky and the Violent Gang / Russell Kelly. The Asociación ; eta / David C. Brotherton -- Australian youth gangs / Kevin McDonald -- The Black Hand / David Hohn -- Bloods / Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez -- Brazilian gangs / André Sales Batista and Marcos David Burgos -- Chavos Banda in New York City / Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez -- Chicano gangs / Karin Michonski -- Chinese organized crime and gangs / Sean Grennan -- Criminal career paradigm / Lila Kazemian -- Criminal organizations / Albert DiChiara -- Criminal subcultures and gangs / J. Mitchell Miller and Janaka VanderKooi -- Crips / Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez and Marcos Antonio Ramos -- Differential association theory / Albert DiChiara -- French gangs / Akim Oualhaci -- Football hooligans / Chabeli Miralles Sueiro -- Gang clothing / Jessica Castanon -- Gang females / Dana M. Nurge -- Gang identity as performance / Robert Garot -- Gang graffiti: East Coast vs. West Coast / Robert D. Weide -- Gang prevention and intervention programs / Crystal Rodriguez -- Gang workers / Robert Durán -- Gang symbols / Shawn Booth -- Gangs and drugs / Stephanie Herman -- Gangs and the media / David C. Brotherton -- Gang photography / Donna DeCessare -- Gangs and post-industrialism / Kevin McDonald -- Gangs as social and economic organizations / S. Wojciech Sokolowski -- Gangs in prison / Jeffrey Ian Ross -- Gangs and the underground economy / Stuart Henry and Dana Nurge -- Gangs in U.S. schools / Pedro Mateu-Gelabert and Howard Lune -- Gangster disciples / Marisa Omori and Douglas E. Thompkins -- German gangs / Sandra M. Bucerius -- Godfathers / David Hohn -- Graffiti: gang and non-gang / Jeff Ferrell -- Grasp- gang reduction and aggressive supervision parole / Richard Butler -- Hate groups / Yolanda Martin -- Hell's Angels in Canada / Angelo Kontos -- Japanese organized crime and gangs / Sean Grennan -- Jewish gangs and gangsters / Donna L. Halper -- King blood / David C. Brotherton -- Kingism / Luis Barrios -- Korean organized crime and gangs / Sean Grennan -- Labeling theory / Robert D. Weide -- Latin King Bible / Louis Kontos -- Latin gangs in Barcelona / Noemí Canelles and Carles Feixa -- The Latin Queens / Milady T. Padilla -- Little brother syndrome / Ric Curtis -- Machismo / Yolanda Martín -- Mexican gangs / Carles Feixa -- Moral panics / Jock Young -- Non-racist skinheads / Albert DiChiara -- Organized crime / Albert DiChiara -- Operation Ceasefire / David Kennedy -- Outlaw Bikers / Mitch Librett -- Police repression tactics against U.S. street gangs / David C. Brotherton -- Qualitative analysis and gangs / Annette Bickford -- Rap music / Darby E. Southgate -- Research methods / Annette Bickford -- Restorative justice and gang crime / Billy Long -- Russian gangs / Svetlana Stephenson -- PATHE (Positive Action Through Holistic Education) / Racquel Ellis -- Skinheads / Albert DiChiaria -- Social construction of gangs / William J. Farrell -- Social disorganization / Albert DiChiaria -- South African gangs / Tony Roshan Samara -- Spanish gangs / Carles Feixa and Laura Porzio -- Street organizations / David C. Brotherton -- Subculture of gangs / Russell Kelly -- Subcultural theories of gangs / Louis Kontos -- Suburban gangs / Rebecca D. Petersen -- Stanley Tookie Williams / Tom Hayden -- Terrorism and gangs / Marisa Omori -- Transnational gangs / Carles Feixa -- Thrasher, Frederic / Greg Dimitriadis -- Trenchcoat mafia / Ralph Larkin -- U.S. racist skinheads / Peter G. Simi -- Vice Lords Inc. / Chano LaBoy -- Vietnamese organized crime and gangs / Sean Grennan -- Vigilante gangs / Annette L. Bickford -- Wannabes: characteristics, causes and deterrence / Billy Long -- Yablonsky and the Violent Gang / Russell Kelly.

ISBN:

0313334021 (alk. paper)
9780313334023 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007029804

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)