Gangs and Gang Crimes

Newton, Michael

ISBN 10: 0791094081 ISBN 13: 9780791094082

Casa editrice: Chelsea House Pub, 2008

Riassunto

Discusses the history of criminal gangs and efforts to fight them as well as such different types of gangs as holdup gangs of the Old West, Prohibition-era bootleggers, and modern-day street gangs.

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West, from Prohibition bootleggers to modern-day drug gangs, "Gangs and Gang Crime" details the history of criminal gangs and their crimes. Today, most gangs exist on the streets or in prisons, and law enforcement agents have developed numerous techniques for identifying gangs, tracking their activities, breaking up illegal rackets, and addressing the social issues that can be contributing factors in the formation of gangs. This book includes such chapters as: Public Enemies; Hell on Wheels; Crips and Bloods; Gangs in Fiction and Film; and, Coping with Gangs. Cases and gangs covered include: The Plug Uglies, the Dead Rabbits, the Whyos, and other gangs of New York's Five Points; Prohibition-era bootlegging gangs; The Wild Bunch; The Hells Angels, the Outlaws, and other motorcycle gangs; The Black Guerilla Family, the Aryan Brotherhood, Nuestra Familia, and other prison gangs; Crips and Bloods; and, The Yakuza, the Jamaican Posse, the Russian mafia, and other international gangs.

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• Editore: Chelsea House Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0791094081
• ISBN 13: 9780791094082
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura all'americana
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 120
• Redattore: French John L.