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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kontos, Louis.

Brotherton, David

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gangs--United States--Encyclopedias.

Gangs.

Gangs--Encyclopedias.

United States.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

xxii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.

Contents:

The almighty Latin king and queen nation (ALKQN) / David C. Brotherton

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

9780313334023

0313334021

OCLC:

156902335