Gangs

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Further Reading

1998 national youth gang survey: summary. (2000).washington, dc: u.s. dept. of justice, office of justice programs, office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention. bjerregaard, b., and lizotte, a. j. (2001). “gun ownership and gang membership.” in the modern gang reader, 2nd ed., ed. j. miller, c. l. maxson, and m. w. klein. los angeles: roxbury.

blumstein, a. (2000). the crime drop in america, ed. a.blumstein and j. wallman. new york: cambridge university press.

brown, w. (1998). “the fight for survival: african-american gang members and their families in a segregated society.” juvenile and family court journal 49:1-14.

bursik, r. j. jr., and grasmick, h. g. (1993). neighborhoods and crime. new york: lexington books.

campbell, a. (1984). the girls in the gang. new york:basil blackwell.

cavan, r., and cavan, j. t. (1968). delinquency andcrime: cross-cultural perspectives. monterey, ca: brooks/cole.

cloward, r. a., and ohlin, l. b. (1960). delinquency andopportunity. new york: free press.

cohen, a. k. (1955). delinquent boys. glencoe, il: thefree press.

covey, h. c.; menard, s.; and franzese, r. j. (1992). juvenile gangs. springfield, il: thomas books.

curry, g. d. (2001). “female gang involvement.” in themodern gang reader, 2nd ed., ed. j. miller, c. l. maxson, and m. w. klein. los angeles: roxbury.

decker, s. h., and van winkle, b. (1996). life in thegang: family, friends and violence. new york: cambridge university press.

esbensen, f. (2000). “preventing adolescent gang involvement.” u.s. office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention juvenile justice bulletin, september. washington: u.s. department of justice.

More Further Reading

esbensen, f.; deschenes, e. p.; and winfree l. t. jr.(1999). “differences between gang girls and gang boys: results from a multisite survey.” youth & society 31:27-29.

esbensen, f., and winfree, l. t. jr. (1998). “race and gender differences between gang and non-gang youths.” in the modern gang reader, 2nd ed., ed. j. miller, c. l. maxson, and m. w. klein. los angeles: roxbury.

fleisher, m. s. (1998). dead end kids. madison: university of wisconsin press.

gordon, r. m. (1998). “street gangs and criminal business organisations: a canadian perspective.” in gangs and youth subcultures: international explorations, ed. k. hazlehurst and c. hazlehurst. new jersey: transaction publishers.

harris, m. g. (1988). cholas: latino girls and gangs. newyork: ams press.

holyst, b. (1982). comparative criminology. lexington,ma: lexington books.

howell, j. c., and gleason, d. k. (2001). “youth gangdrug trafficking.” in the modern gang reader, 2nd ed., ed. j. miller, c. l. maxson and m. w. klein. los angeles: roxbury.

klein, m. w. (1995). the american street gang. newyork: oxford university press.

kroeker, m., and haut, f. (1995). “a tale of two cities:the street gangs of paris and los angeles.” police chief 62:32-38.

mares, d. (2001). “gangsters or lager louts? workingclass street gangs in manchester.” in the eurogang paradox: street gangs and youth groups in the us and europe, ed. m. w. klein, h. kerner, c. l. maxson, and e. weitkamp. dordrecht, netherlands: kluwer academic publishers.

miller, j. (2001). one of the guys: girls, gangs, and gender. new york: oxford university press.

miller, w. b. (1958). “lower class culture as generatingmilieu of gang delinquency.” journal of social issues 14:5-19.

miller, w. b. (1973). “the molls.” society 2:23-35.

miller, w. b. (1975). “violence by youth gangs as a crimeproblem in major american cities.” national institute for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, us justice department. washington, dc: us government printing office.