Juvenile and Youth Gangs

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CURRY, G. DAVID, and SPERGAL, IRVING A. "Gang Homicide, Delinquency, and Community." Criminology 26 (1988): 381–405.

DECKER, SCOTT H., and VAN WINKLE, BARRIK. "'Slinging Dope:' The Role of Gangs and Gang Members in Drug Sales." Justice Quarterly 11 (1994): 583–604.

——. Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

ESBENSEN, FINN-AAGE, and HUIZINGA, DAVID. "Gangs, Drugs, and Delinquency in a Survey of Urban Youth." Criminology 31, no. 4 (1993): 565–587.

FAGAN, JEFFREY. "The Social Organization of Drug Use and Drug Dealing Among Urban Gangs." Criminology 27, no. 4 (1989): 633–669.

HAGEDORN, JOHN M. People and Folks: Gangs, Crime, and the Underclass in a Rustbelt City. Chicago: Lakeview Press, 1988.

HOROWITZ, RUTH. Honor and the American Dream. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers, 1983.

JANKOWSKI, MARTIN SANCHEZ. Islands in the Street. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.

KLEIN, MALCOLM; MAXSON, C.; and CUNNINGHAM, L. "Crack, Street Gangs, and Violence." Criminology 29 (1991): 623–665.

KLEIN, MALCOLM W. The American Street Gang. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

MAXSON, CHERYL L., and KLEIN, MALCOLM W. The Scope of Street Gang Migration in the U.S. Presentation. Gangs Working Group. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Justice, 1994.

MAXSON, CHERYL L.; GORDON, M. A.; and KLEIN, MALCOLM W. "Differences Between Gang and Nongang Homicides." Criminology 23 (1985): 209–222.

MILLER, WALTER B. Violence by Youth Gangs and Youth Gangs as a Crime Problem in Major American Cities. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975.

——. Crime by Youth Gangs and Groups in the United States. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice, 1982.

MOORE, JOAN W. Homeboys: Gangs, Drugs, and Prison in the Barrios of Los Angeles. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1978.

——. Going Down to the Barrio: Homeboys and Homegirls in Change. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991.

PADILLA, FELIX. The Gang as an American Enterprise. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers, 1992.

SHORT, JAMES F., JR., and STRODTBECK, FRED L. Group Process and Gang Delinquency, 2d ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.

SKOLNICK, JEROME. "The Social Structure of Street Drug Dealing." American Journal of Police 9 (1990): 1–41.

SPERGAL, IRVING A. The Youth Gang Problem: A Community Approach. New York, Oxford University Press, 1995.

SPERGAL, IRVING A., and CURRY, G. DAVID. "Strategies and Perceived Agency Effectiveness in Dealing with the Youth Gang Problem." In Gangs in America. Edited by C. R. Huff. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage, 1990. Pages 288–309.

TAYLOR, CARL S. Dangerous Society. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1990.

THORNBERRY, TERRENCE; KROHN, MARVIN D.; LIZOTTE, ALAN J.; and CHARD-WIERSCHEM, DEBORAH. "The Role of Juvenile Gangs in Facilitating Delinquent Behavior." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 30 (1993): 55–87.

THRASHER, FREDERIC. The Gang: A Study of 1,313 Gangs in Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1927.

VIGIL, JAMES DIEGO. Barrio Gangs. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1988.

WHYTE, WILLIAM. Street Corner Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.