<div>Street gangs have exploded in popularity worldwide. Tattoos, baggy pants, tagging, gangsta style clothes  this unspoken threat is always just around the corner in most of the world's major cities. In search of a sense of identity and belonging that their world has denied them, young people are pushed into gangs by a witch’s brew of violence, guns, drugs, racism, poverty, families under pressure, and ever-widening slums. <i>Gangs</i> exposes the roots of the problem, from the bidonvilles of France to the favelas of Brazil. It offers a startling analysis of the complicity of the adult world, as well as hard-hitting reforms that might just undermine the appeal of gang life. Most of all, it shows that we fail to understand gangs at our peril.</div>

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"The authors [of the "Groundwork Guides"] express strong viewpoints that are sure to jolt readers into ready agreement or opposition."
-- "School Library Journal"

"With well-documented references, a sharp wit, and a passionate commitment ... this will grab teens, and adults, too, with its compelling arguments about why kids join gangs and what happens when greed, poverty, and injustice intersect." -- "Booklist, starred review"

."..an accessible, readable, and fascinating book." -- "CM Magazine"
A Booklist Editors' Choice - Book for Youth, 2012

"With well-documented references, a sharp wit, and a passionate commitment ... this will grab teens, and adults, too, with its compelling arguments about why kids join gangs and what happens when greed, poverty, and injustice intersect." -- "Booklist, starred review"

."..an accessible, readable, and fascinating book." -- "CM Magazine"

" ... informative and fast-paced ..."" --Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children"

"The authors [of the Groundwork Guides] express strong viewpoints that are sure to jolt readers into ready agreement or opposition."
-- School Library Journal

A Booklist Editors' Choice - Book for Youth, 2012

"With well-documented references, a sharp wit, and a passionate commitment ... this will grab teens, and adults, too, with its compelling arguments about why kids join gangs and what happens when greed, poverty, and injustice intersect." -- Booklist, starred review

..".an accessible, readable, and fascinating book." -- CM Magazine

" ... informative and fast-paced ..." --Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children

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