Search Results - "TheStreet"

Street justice retaliation in the criminal underworld / by Jacobs, Bruce A. (Bruce Abel), 1968-

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Islands in the street gangs and American urban society / by Jankowski, Martín Sánchez, 1945-

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Globalizing the streets cross-cultural perspectives on youth, social control, and empowerment /

Subjects: “…Street youth Congresses.…”
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The vice lords, warriors of the streets / by Keiser, R. Lincoln, 1937-

Street gang patterns and policies by Klein, Malcolm W.

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The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs by Metcalf, Josephine, 1975-

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A rainbow of gangs : street cultures in the mega-city / by Vigil, James Diego, 1938-

“…Street cultures in the mega-city…”
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Gangs of Russia : from the streets to the corridors of power / by Stephenson, Svetlana, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…In the shadow of the State -- The history of street organizations and gangs in Russia -- The transformation of gangs in the 1990s -- The business of gruppirovki: from predation to assimilation -- Gang organization -- Street trajectories -- The gang in the community -- Life according to the poniatiia: the gang's code -- Navigating the world of violence -- Gang culture and the wider Russian society.…”
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Maras gang violence and security in Central America /

Table of Contents: “…Case studies -- The origins of Southern California Latino gangs / Al Valdez -- Street gangs of El Salvador / Sonja Wolf -- Street gangs of Guatemala / Elin Cecilie Ranum -- Street gangs of Honduras / Joanna Mateo -- Street gangs of Nicaragua / Jos Luis Rocha (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis) -- Responses to gang violence -- State power and Central American Maras : a cross-national comparison / Enrique Desmond Arias -- Government responses and the dark side of gang : suppression in Central America / Jos Miguel Cruz -- Elite membership and sexualized violence among Central American gangs / Mauricio Rubio (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis) -- The use of intelligence to combat Maras / Clifford Gyves -- The impact of U.S. anti-gang policies in Central America : quo vadis? …”
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Organized crime in Chicago beyond the Mafia / by Lombardo, Robert M.

Table of Contents: “…Explaining organized crime -- The gem of the prairie -- The black Mafia -- The syndicate -- The Forty-two Gang -- The outfit -- The outfit as a complex organization -- Street crew neighborhoods.…”
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Jesus and the gang youth violence and Christianity in urban Honduras / by Wolseth, Jon, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Youth and the politics of violence in Honduras : the murder of El Títere -- Contesting neighborhood space in Colonia Belén -- Thick as blood : street ties, gang tattoos, and graffiti -- The making of community and the work of faith -- Finding sanctuary : youth violence and Pentecostalism -- Conclusion : taking on violence.…”
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Cape Town after apartheid crime and governance in the divided city / by Samara, Tony Roshan

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : urban geopolitics, neoliberalism, and the governance of security -- Security and development in post-apartheid South Africa -- Children in the streets : urban governance in Cape Town city center -- Gangsterism and the policing of the Cape Flats -- The weight of policing on the fragile ground of transformation -- The production of criminality on the urban periphery -- Conclusion : apartheid, democracy and the urban future.…”
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