Gangsters : fifty years of madness, drugs, and death on the streets of America /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©1997.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=48172 |
Table of Contents:
- The current gang problem
- Gangs in the 20th century
- Gang characteristics
- Black and chicano gangs : in and out of prison
- Why gangs kill : the sociopath factor
- Some effective interventions
- The therapeutic community approach to gangs
- Varied theoretical viewpoints
- The violent gang as a near-group
- Joining a positive gang : a plan for treating gangsters in a therapeutic community.