American Youth Gangs at the Millennium

by Esbensen, Finn-Aage; Tibbetts, Stephen G.; Gaines, Larry

• ISBN13: 9781577663249
• ISBN10: 1577663241
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(13)
Section I Definitions and Current Trends	13	(96)
Youth Gangs: An Overview	16	(36)
James C. Howell
Youth Gangs and Definitional Issues: When Is a Gang a Gang, and Why Does It Matter?	52	(25)
Finn-Aage Esbensen
L. Thomas Winfree, Jr.
Ni He
Terrance J. Taylor
Comparing the Criminal Behavior of Youth Gangs and At-Risk Youths	77	(13)
C. Ronald Huff
Recent Patterns of Gang Problems in the United States: Results from the 1996--2002 National Youth Gang Survey	90	(19)
Arlen Egley, Jr.
James C. Howell
Aline K. Major
Section II Varieties of Gangs	109	(106)
Voices from the Barrio: Chicano/a Gangs, Families, and Communities	113	(29)
Marjorie S. Zatz
Edwardo L. Portillos
Exploring Race and Ethnic Differences in a Sample of Middle School Gang Members	142	(21)
Adrienne Freng
L. Thomas Winfree, Jr.
Gender Dynamics in Youth Gangs: A Comparison of Males' and Females' Accounts	163	(28)
Jody Miller
Rod K. Brunson
Early Precursors of Gang Membership: A Study of Seattle Youth	191	(9)
Karl G. Hill
Christina Lui
J. David Hawkins
Hybrid and Other Modern Gangs	200	(15)
David Starbuck
James C. Howell
Donna J. Lindquist
Section III Gang Activities	215	(82)
Street Baptism: Chicano Gang Initiation	218	(11)
James Diego Vigil
Alcohol and Violence in the Lives of Gang Members	229	(10)
Geoffrey P. Hunt
Karen Joe Laidler
The Financial Activity of a Modern American Street Gang	239	(8)
Sudhir Venkatesh
A Tale of Two Cities: Gangs as Organized Crime Groups	247	(28)
Scott H. Decker
Tim Bynum
Deborah Weisel
Gang Homicide: A Review and Extension of the Literature	275	(22)
Cheryl L. Maxson
Section IV Responding to Youth Gangs	297	(3)
The Political and Organizational Response to Gangs: An Examination of a ``Moral Panic'' in Nevada	300	(23)
Richard C. McCorkle
Terance D. Miethe
Youth Violence: Prevention, Intervention, and Social Policy	323	(10)
C. Ronald Huff
Police Youth Violence Interventions: Lessons to Improve Effectiveness	333	(18)
Jack R. Greene
Gang Prevention: A Case Study of a Primary Prevention Program	351	(24)
Finn-Aage Esbensen
Dana Peterson
Terrance J. Taylor
Adrienne Freng
D. Wayne Osgood
Civil Gang Injunctions: The Ambiguous Case of the National Migration of a Gang Enforcement Strategy	375
Cheryl L. Maxson