Research Catalog

Title

An introduction to gangs / George W. Knox ; foreword by Malcolm W. Klein.

Author

Knox, George W., 1950-

Publication

Bristol, IN : Wyndham Hall Press, c1994.

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Additional Authors

Klein, Malcolm W.

Description

iv, 817 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

This is the latest edition of a text that was first published in 1991 and has been growing with each new edition. It is intended for use as a college or university text or as a training text for workers and policy makers in law enforcement, social services, and education. Among the issues discussed are gang history, community, theory, law enforcement, corrections, and prevention. Three new chapters in this edition analyze mass media and gangs, discuss the impact of federal prosecution on gangs, and compare organizational characteristics of cults and gangs. Knox, a veteran in the field, has been editor of the and director of the National Gang Crime Research Center. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Subject

Gangs > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [645]-706) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

An overview : the social science approach to understanding gangs -- Classification factors for gang analysis -- Major milestones in gang studies -- The racism-oppression thesis for gang analysis -- Gangs : underclass, surplus population, and human capital -- Politics and gang crime : another continuity in thinking about gangs -- The oral history technique and gang research -- The true story about the Shaw & McKay tradition -- Shaw and McKay on gangs : with commentary and historical digression -- The Thrasher criminological riddle : what was his actual research methodology? -- Gangs as an urban way of life -- An organizational approach to gang analysis -- Gangs, guerrilla warfare, and social conflict -- Towards the understanding of gangs : the group factor -- Gangs and drugs -- Gangs and organized crime.

ISBN

• 1556052480 (paper)
• 1556052499 (cloth)

LCCN

^^^94061606^

OCLC

32083445

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library