People and Folks

by Hagedorn, John M.

• ISBN13: 9780941702461
• ISBN10: 0941702464
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Lake View Pr

Table of Contents

Tables and Charts	xi	(2)
Preface to the Second Edition	xiii	(4)
Preface	xvii	(2)
Acknowledgements	xix
Introduction: Gangs and the Underclass A Comparative Perspective	3	(16)
Joan Moore
What do we mean by "gang"?	4	(2)
What do we mean by "underclass"?	6	(2)
The possible relation between gangs and underclass	8	(1)
How did the Chicano gangs emerge in Los Angeles?	9	(2)
How do Milwaukee gangs compare with Los Angeles gangs?	11	(3)
Milwaukee and Los Angeles: gangs and the future	14	(2)
Gangs in "new" cities and old	16	(3)
1 What We Don't Know About Gangs	19	(18)
Scope of the problem	20	(1)
Gangs, denial and the images of modern cities	21	(2)
Gangs and the media	23	(1)
Task forces, race and the underclass	24	(2)
Too much theory, too few facts	26	(2)
The Milwaukee Gang Research Project	28	(3)
Talking to the "Top Dogs"	31	(2)
What can we learn from Milwaukee's Gangs?	33	(4)
2 What Happened to the Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous?	37	(16)
Demographics: from polka to breakdance	39	(2)
Economics: from white working class to black underclass	41	(3)
Education: from learning to labor, to not learning at all	44	(3)
From ethnic power to black powerlessness	47	(2)
Conclusion: the need for reexamination	49	(4)
3 How Do Gangs Get Started?	53	(28)
What we know about how 1980s gangs began	54	(1)
Thrasher and the subculturists	55	(2)
Breakdancing and fighting: 1980-1983	57	(7)
How the gangs grew	64	(3)
How Milwaukee's gangs came to identify with Chicago's gangs	67	(10)
"Satellite gangs"	77	(4)
4 How Do Gangs Get Organized?	81	(28)
Back to Thrasher, one more time	84	(2)
What do Milwaukee's gangs look like?	86	(8)
The activities of a gang	94	(2)
David's story	96	(3)
Are there "fighting gangs," "criminal gangs," and "drug-using gangs"?	99	(2)
Hustling, drugs and survival	101	(2)
Organized crime and Milwaukee gangs	103	(2)
Conclusion: the formation process of Milwaukee's gangs	105	(4)
5 Poor, Black and Twenty-One	109	(22)
The underclass and the liberal-conservative debate	111	(3)
Family decline	114	(2)
The gang founders	116	(8)
Profile of the founding group	124	(2)
Education	126	(1)
Summary: a generation on its way down	127	(4)
6 Desegregation, Alienation, and Gangs in Milwaukee	131	(18)
Desegregation and Milwaukee gangs	133	(1)
Gangs and neighborhoods	134	(1)
Kids without neighborhoods	135	(3)
Al Capone and Martin Luther King	138	(3)
Gangs and Drugs	141	(2)
Gang violence	143	(1)
Alienation and community-based institutions	144	(3)
When community controls are lacking, the police are never far away	147	(2)
7 Out of Sight, Out of Mind	149	(22)
Stages in Milwaukee: Stage I. "We couldn't have gangs here": 1981-1984	151	(2)
Liberals and denial	153	(2)
Stage II. "We do have gangs!" 1984-1985	155	(3)
Stage III. Out of sight, out of mind: 1985-?	158	(5)
So where do we go from here?	163	(3)
A Practical Agenda	166	(5)
8 What Happened to the People and Folks? Postscript 1997	171	(46)
The Milwaukee Drug Posse and Homegirl Studies	173	(3)
Social Science and the Impact of Economic Restructuring	176	(1)
Female Gangs and the Stability of Gender Roles	177	(2)
The Influence of Mainstream American Culture	179	(2)
Are Underclass Neighborhoods Disorganized?	181	(2)
The Impact of Economic Restructuring on Milwaukee Gang Members	183	(17)
1. What Happened to the People and Folks?	183	(5)
Women Take a Different Path	186	(2)
2. The Dark Side of the American Dream	188	(10)
Women Talk about their Lives	193	(3)
New Jacks and Violence	196	(2)
3. The Drug Business and Social Disorganization	198	(2)
Gang Drug Selling Organization and Poor Neighborhoods	200	(4)
Violence and the Rise of the Illicit Economy	204	(4)
Violence and the Status of New Organizations	208	(1)
The Path Ahead	209	(1)
Public Policy as Warfare	210	(5)
Concluding Note	215	(2)
Appendices	217	(14)
Notes	231	(21)
References	252	(23)
Index	275