Street gangs throughout the world:
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1. Verfasser: Covey, Herbert C. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Springfield Charles C Thomas Publisher 2010
Ausgabe:2nd ed
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Introduction -- 1. Comparative perspectives on street gangs -- 2. Street gangs in the United States -- 3. Street gangs in Europe -- 4. Street gangs in the western hemisphere : Canada, and Central and South America -- 5. Street gangs in Russia and eastern Europe -- 6. Street gangs in Asia -- 7. Street gangs in Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and the Pacific Islands -- 8. Closing observations on street gangs throughout the world -- References -- Author index -- Subject index
This updated and expanded new edition continues the theme of the first edition of emphasizing the substantial growth of street gangs throughout the world. Although a substantial amount of research on street gangs has been conducted in recent decades, much of it has focused on the United States. This book summarizes much of the research being conducted in many other countries where the street gang phenomenon is currently developing, which includes poverty, the retreat of the state, increasing income inequality, urbanization, population growth, exploitation, marginalization, underground economie
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (315 pages)
ISBN:0398079706
9780398079703

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