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Title:
Gangs / Noah Berlatsky, book editor.
Author:
Berlatsky, Noah, editor.
Publication Information:
Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]
Call Number:
HV6439.U5 G35863 2015
Added Uniform Title:
Gangs (Current controversies)
ISBN:
9780737772173

9780737772180
Series:
Current controversies

Current controversies.
Physical Description:
238 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
What causes gangs and gang violence? Gangs form in response to a breakdown of law and order / Russell S. Sobel and Brian J. Osoba -- Gangs are an outgrowth of poverty and discrimination / Mikki Kendall -- Chicago gangs don't have to go far to buy guns / Frank Main -- Availability of guns does not fuel gang violence in Chicago / Daniel Greenfield -- Gang violence can have small-scale local causes / Sarah Stankorb -- Gangs have deep roots in Latino communities / Jimmy Franco, Sr. -- Heroin fuels gang violence in Chicago / John Lippert, Nacha Cattan, and Mario Parker -- Drug warriors and gun violence / James Peron -- Are gangs and gang violence increasing in the United States? Social media has led to an increase in gang violence / Ben Austen -- Detroit is experiencing an epidemic of gang violence / James A. Buccellato -- Gang violence is increasing in Denver / Sadie Gurman -- Fracturing gangs has increased violence in Chicago / Matthew Blake -- Gang violence in Los Angeles has decreased / Advancement Project -- How to return New York City to the street gangs / Heather Mac Donald -- Santa Ana violent gang crime reported down 40 percent / Denisse Salazar -- Gang violence has fallen in Aurora, Colorado / Brandon Johansson -- Do antigang policies violate civil rights? Antigang strategies justify profiling and discrimination / Robert J. Duran -- Police in Chicago do not discourage gangs but act like a gang themselves / Ta-Nehisi Coates -- Racial profiling targets innocent children / Courtney Bowie -- In prison, gang affiliation is used as an excuse for inhumane treatment / Amnesty International -- Police use criminal profiling to fight gangs and crime / Sunil Dutta -- Police balance public safety and civil rights in San Juan / Jacqueline Armendariz -- What is the gang problem like in other countries? Crime in Mexico: out of sight, not out of mind / The Economist -- Canadian gangs are linked to the global drug war / Jerry Langton -- Medellin, Colombia, fights ongoing drug gang violence / Tony Muse -- Gangster trials highlight China's crime battles / Sky Canaves -- Central American Maras: from youth street gangs to transnational protection rackets / Jose Miguel Cruz -- In Russia, anti-drug gangs hunt down "spice" dealers / Mansur Mirovalev -- Gangs of Rio / Mac Margolis -- Crime as a mirror of politics: urban gangs in Indonesia / Vanda Felbab-Brown.
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