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Street gangs throughout the world / Herbert C. Covey, PH.D.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Covey, Herbert C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gangs--Cross-cultural studies.
- Gangs.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD., 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- STREET GANGS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- Chapter 1 COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON STREET GANGS
- WORLD CONTEXT
- STARTING POINT-DEFINING GANGS
- Eurogang Definition
- Hooligans
- Street Gangs and Organized Crime
- Vigilante Groups
- CULTURE AND GANGS
- MACRO-LEVEL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FORMATION OF GANGS
- MICRO-LEVEL FACTORS FOR GANG INVOLVEMENT
- EXAMPLES OF THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO GANGS
- WHY INDIVIDUALS JOIN GANGS?
- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GANG MEMBERS
- GENERAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GANGS
- JOINING AND LEAVING GANGS
- CONSEQUENCES OF GANG MEMBERSHIP
- Gang Membership and Violence
- Gang Membership and Victimization
- COMMON FUNCTIONS GANGS PLAY IN THE WORLD
- GANG TYPOLOGIES
- ANTI-GANG PROGRAMS
- Chapter 2 MAJOR THEMES IN INTERNATIONAL GANG LITERATURE
- CHALLENGES OF COMPARATIVE GANG RESEARCH
- MAJOR THEMES IN INTERNATIONAL GANG LITERATURE
- Globalization and Gang Culture
- Localization vs. Globalization
- Internet, Social Media, and Gangs
- Radicalization of Gangs
- The Construction of and Maintenance of Masculine Identities
- Roles of Migration/Immigration
- Multiple Marginalization
- Post-Civil Strife/War and the Rise of Gangs
- Increasing Interest in the Role of Religion and Spirituality and Gang Membership
- Moral Panics and the Role of the Media
- Gangs and Drugs
- Chapter 3 GANGS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
- UNITED STATES
- Hispanic/Latinx Gangs
- MS-13 and 18th Street Gangs
- African American/Black Gangs
- Asian American Gangs
- White/Anglo Gangs
- Alt-Right Gangs?
- Juggalo Gangs
- Native American/Indigenous Gangs
- CANADA
- Canadian Media and Gangs
- Gang Member Characteristics
- Immigrant, Aboriginal, and Black Gangs
- Chapter 4 GANGS IN EUROPE AND RUSSIA
- EUROPE
- Themes in European Gang Studies
- Britain
- British Gang Characteristics
- Examples of Gang Studies
- British Responses to Gangs
- Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland
- Belgium
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Sweden
- Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Slovenia
- RUSSIA
- Examples of Street Gangs in Russia
- Chapter 5 GANGS IN CENTRAL AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
- GENERAL THEMES
- The Role of Civil Wars
- Gangs and the Drug Trade
- Gang Violence
- Deportation and Migration
- The Roles of Religion, Spirituality, and Gangs
- Marginalization and Moral Panics
- Central and South American Responses to Gangs
- General Gang Member Characteristics
- General Gang Characteristics
- Pandillas and Maras
- SOUTH AMERICA
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Columbia
- Gangs in Other South American Countries
- GANGS IN CENTRAL AMERICA
- Belize
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- GANGS IN THE CARIBBEAN
- Chapter 6 GANGS IN AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST
- AFRICA
- South Africa
- Notes:
- Revised edition of the author's Street gangs throughout the world, c2010.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital cover page (viewed on August 11, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Covey, Herbert C. Street gangs throughout the world
- ISBN:
- 9780398093730
- 0398093733
- Publisher Number:
- 40030661573
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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