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The history of street gangs in the United States : their origins and ransformations / James C. Howell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howell, James C., author.
- Series:
- National Gang Center bulletin ; no. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gangs--United States--History.
- Gangs.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (179 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book contains a history of the origins of youth gangs and the transformation of these into street gangs that often are connected to prison gangs in large American cities. Importantly, the street gang problem has not decreased in seriousness in the past decade even though the U.S. has seen a sharp drop in violent crime.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Emergence and development of gang activity in the United States
- Development, transformation, and growth of prison gangs
- An historical analysis of street gang emergence and transformation
- Nationwide gang growth and expansion
- Transnational gangs
- Epilogue
- References.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-3693-2
- 1-4985-1133-3
- OCLC:
- 665183412
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