Youth Gangs in American Society (Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice) - Softcover

Scheldon, Randall G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534221343 ISBN 13: 9780534221348

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

A comprehensive and highly engaging look at gangs, their culture and activities as well as the most recent research and statistical information.

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Review:

INTRODUCTION A BRIEF HISTORY OF GANGS 1. What Is a Gang and How Many Are There? 2. What Do Gangs and Gang Members Look Like? 3. The Gang Subculture. 4. Criminal Activities of Gangs. 5. Girls and Gangs. 6. Adult Gangs. 7. Why Are There Gangs? 8. Gangs in Context: Inequality in American Society. 9. Legal Responses to Gangs. 10. Community and National Responses to Gangs. 11. Conclusions.

About the Author:

Sharon Tracy is a full professor and Director of the Crime and Delinquency Project at Georgia Southern University where she has taught for over twenty years. She received her degree in Public Administration (Criminal Justice Administration) from the University of Southern California. A member of the Georgia Gang Investigators Association, she serves as a consultant to numerous law enforcement agencies and has written a number of articles on gangs, particularly those in suburban and rural communities.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0534221343
• ISBN 13: 9780534221348
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250