The Federal Bureau of Investigation website in 2014 stated that there were some 33,000 gangs in the United States which they classified as street gangs, motorcycle gangs or prison gangs. …

2013年7月1日 · This review compiles the international research on the nature of youth gangs and critically evaluates: (a) the factors that motivate engagement in and desistance from gang …

2020年12月3日 · In this article, Pierre Bourdieu’s framework of capital is used to analyze two separate samples of Latino and Asian gang members. Stark contrasts in socio-economic …

Gangs can act as surrogate families to youths, providing a sense of belonging, identity, status, and protection. Youths who do not receive these things from family or other social institutions …

2022年1月22日 · An authoritative and sweeping tour of gang scholarship, On Gangs showcases the critical evidence-based solutions in prevention, enforcement, legislation, and intervention.

2012年10月16日 · There has been a dramatic increase in research on gangs, gang members, and gang behavior since the early 1990s, making this review especially timely. We use Short’s …

Over the past decade, annual estimates of the number of gangs have averaged around 27,000 nationally. Following a yearly decline from 1996 to a low in 2003, annual estimates steadily …

Though there are some crossover categories, street gangs are viewed as distinctly different than organized crime groups, prison gangs, outlaw motorcycle clubs, skinheads, stoners, and …

Gangs remain very much on the political agenda. Yet the more we write and talk about them, the less we seem to understand. For this reason, ‘gangs’ are useful vehicles to identify how we …

This book provides information on the history, progression, and activities of various types of street and prison gangs and is intended as a general guide, not as a sole source.