Explores America's gangland subculture, where belonging means power and status, and disloyalty means death. Looks at the lethal struggle between the Crips and the Bloods for a nationwide multi-million-dollar drug trade, the plight of residents of Chicago's gang-infested projects, the experiences of female gang members out to build their reputations, and the fight between police and gangs in Hartford for the hearts and minds of inner-city youths.