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Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
by Sudhir Venkatesh  
Powells.com Staff Pick Sudhir Venkatesh's work was featured prominently in Freakonomics; here his research is fleshed out and humanized, telling his remarkable and unusual story. For seven years, Venkatesh was granted unprecedented access to one of Chicago's most notorious...
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Always Running La Vida Loca Gang Days
by Luis Rodriguez Publisher Comments By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests, then watched with increasing fear as drugs, murder, suicide, and senseless acts...
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War of the Bloods in My Veins: A Street Soldier's March Toward Redemption
by Dashaun Morris Publisher Comments By turns harrowing, moving, and ultimately redemptive, this is a war story -- a war that rages out of control on the streets of the United States, claiming the lives of our loved ones and neighbors. In this memoir, complete with child soldiers...
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Gangs and Their Tattoos: Identifying Gangbangers on the Street and in Prison
by Bill Valentine Synopsis In this book, Bill Valentine, author of Gang Intelligence Manual, shares the latest intelligence on the predominant street and prison gangs and other disruptive groups, with particular emphasis on their identifying tattoos. Supplementing the text are...
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8 Ball Chicks : a Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangs (97 Edition)
by Gini Sikes
Publisher Comments Dismissed by the police as mere adjuncts to or gofers for male gangs, girl gang members are in fact often as emotionally closed off and dangerous as their male counterparts. Carrying razor blades in their mouths and guns in their jackets for defense...
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Gang Intelligence Manual: Identifying and Understanding Modern-Day Violent Gangs in the United States
by Bill Valentine Synopsis Marauding gangs have become a fact of life in the U.S., but where did these violent groups come from, and why are they so appealing to so many youths today? This comprehensive guide provides answers to these questions and more. It will open your eyes to...
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The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates
by Louis Reyes Rivera Publisher Comments Urban youth gangs are typically viewed as no more than training grounds for thugs and felons. This breakthrough anthology presents a far different picture, revealing present and former gang members’ and street activists’ artistic impulses...
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Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs in Postwar New York
by Eric C Schneider Book News Annotation Schneider (history, U. of Pennsylvania) fully explores the culture of postwar gangs in New York city, focusing on the years 1940 to 1975, but also links the study to the present. Drawing on interviews with former gang members and former street club...
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Deadly Consequences
by Deborah Prothrow-stith Publisher Comments With an important introduction by C. Everett Koop and passionate endorsements from Senator Edward M. Kennedy and public officials from every major city in the U.S., this authoritative and timely guide calls for the diagnosis and treatment of urban...
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Gangs in the Global City: Alternatives to Traditional Criminology
by John M Hagedorn Publisher Comments Although they were originally considered an American phenomenon, gangs today have grown and transformed into global enterprises. Despite these changes, criminologists have not yet reassessed worldwide gangs in terms of the other changes associated with...
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8 Ball Chicks: A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangsters
by Gini Sikes Publisher Comments Dismissed by the police as mere adjuncts to or gofers for male gangs, girl gang-bangers in fact are often as emotionally closed off and dangerous as their male counterparts. Carrying razor blades in their mouths and guns in their jackets, they initiate...
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Inside the Crips : Life Inside L.a.'s Most Notorious Gang (05 Edition)
by Colton Simpson Publisher Comments “..(an) arresting memoir…”---Entertainment Weekly Colton “C-Loc” Simpson was a Crip. Beginning at the age of ten in the mid-1970s, Simpson’s world was defined in terms of war. By the time he quit, Simpson had...
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Almighty Latin King and Queen Nations : Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang (04 Edition)
by David C. Brotherton Publisher Comments This book chronicles the astounding self-transformation of one of the most feared gangs in the United States into a social movement acting on behalf of the dispossessed, renouncing violence and the underground economy, and requiring school attendance for...
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Gang War/The Inside Story of the Manches
by Peter Walsh Publisher Comments The completely revised and updated edition of the book that lifted the lid on the most bloody and prolonged gang war in British history....
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Gang Intervention Handbook
by Arnold P Goldstein Publisher Comments Nationally recognized professionals join Dr. Goldstein and Dr. Huff in this unparalleled presentation of gang intervention strategies and tactics. Covers psychological, contextual, and criminal justice interventions The book focuses on both preventive...
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I'm in the Tub, Gone
by Richard Carlson Publisher Comments We now live in a time of comfort, convenience and opportunity such as mankind has never known. With all the great things we are provided, we also get many side effects that some thrive on and others do not welcome. Some of these are expectations, added...
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Do or Die
by Leon Bing Publisher Comments One Camp Kilpatrick As you travel the northbound 101 out of Los Angeles heading toward Malibu, you leave a vista of faded bungalows and crumbling apartment houses. Youdrive past Koreatown, Sunset Boulevard, and the Hollywood Bowl, past Studio City...
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Youth Gangs in American Society
by Randall G Shelden Publisher Comments This comprehensive survey of the literature on gangs and gang activities in America includes theoretical perspectives on why gangs exist, gang typologies, descriptions of gang activities, and various intervention strategies for dealing with gangs....
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Uprising: Crips and Bloods Tell the Story of America's Youth in the Crossfire
by Yusuf Jah Synopsis From the authors of Nation Conscious Rap comes a powerfully raw, intimate history of gang life in South Central L.A. In detailed interviews, gang members of the Crips and Bloods open up on a wide range of issues, including the bonds of the gang...
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Street Wars: Gangs and the Future of Violence
by Tom Hayden Publisher Comments Though never officially acknowledged, over 25,000 young people have died in America's gang wars since 1980. In cities across America, members of the Crips, Bloods, Mara Salvatrucha, 18th Street, Latin Kings, Blackstone Rangers, and Gangster Disciples are...
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