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 A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING STREET GANGS
©2005 576 pp. (8 1/2" x 11")
ISBN: 1-563-250-78-0
List $32.99
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| Description |
This popular text is a comprehensive guide for law enforcement and criminal justice-related professionals, mental health professionals, teachers and parents. It includes gang life style, sociology and characteristics of: Latino, Asian, African-American, White Supremacists, Prison, Outlaw Motorcycle, Occult and Hybrid gangs. The author, Al Valdez, had been in law enforcement for over 17 years and has presented formal gang training to hundreds of police officers, investigators and probation officers, as well as gang awareness classes for parents and teachers.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1 American Street Gangs
Chapter 2 Gang Violence
Chapter 3 Can Gang Membership be Predicted?
Chapter 4 Being on the Same Page
Chapter 5 Gang Sociology
Chapter 6 Gang Growth, Migration and Studies
Chapter 7 Gang Behaviors
Chapter 8 Membership Mentality
Chapter 9 Membership Indica
Chapter 10 West Coast Latino Gangs
Chapter 11 Sureno-Norteno Gangs
Chapter 12 18th Street Gang
Chapter 13 Mara Salvatrucha
Chapter 14 Asian Gangs
Chapter 15 Tiny Rascal Gang
Chapter 16 Wah Ching
Chapter 17 Asian Boyz
Chapter 18 African-American Gangs
Chapter 19 United Blood Nation
Chapter 20 Skinhead Gangs
Chapter 21 Nazi Low Riders
Chapter 22 Public Enemy Number One
Chapter 23 Photo Gallery
Chapter 24 Straight Edge
Chapter 25 American Militias
Chapter 26 National Alliance
Chapter 27 Tagger Crews
Chapter 28 Party Crews, Posses and Clubs
Chapter 29 Occult Gangs
Chapter 30 The Goth Scene
Chapter 31 Hybrid Gangs
Chapter 32 Midwest and East Coast Gangs
Chapter 33 Jamacian Gangs
Chapter 34 Female Gangs
Chapter 35 Motorcycle Gangs
Chapter 36 Prison Gangs
Chapter 37 Gangs in the Military
Chapter 38 Native American Gangs
Chapter 39 Gangs and Schools
Chapter 40 T.A.R.G.E.T.
Chapter 41 Substance Abuse and Gangs
Chapter 42 Gangs and Family
Chapter 43 Non-Violent Gang Crime
Chapter 44 Gangs and Corrections
Chapter 45 Summary
Chapter 46 Gangs in 2010
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| Author(s) |
| Al Valdez, Ph.D.: Al Valdez, Ph.D. recently retired as the supervisor of the Gang Unit for the Orange County (California) District Attorney’s office. He has over 27 years law enforcement experience with special emphasis on narcotic and gang investigations, undercover field operations, multi-agency task forces, and prosecutions. |
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