This book reviews what has been known about gangs, and updates that information into the 1990s. It covers reported changes in the structure and crime patterns of gangs, their age, ethnic, and gender characteristics, and their spread into almost all corners of the nation. It also reviews and updates the situation in other countries to determine how unique the American gang really is.
| ISBN: | 9780195115734 |
| Publication date: | 16th October 1997 |
| Author: | Malcolm W Director, Social Science Research Institute, Director, Social Science Research Institute, University of Sout Klein |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 284 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Crime and Public Policy |
| Genres: |
Crime and criminology Criminal law: procedure and offences Urban communities |