Youth Gangs - Franzese, Robert J. (Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, 2006)
YOUTH GANGS; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN YOUTH GANGS; Chapter 2 YOUTH GANG VIOLENCE; Chapter 3 RACE, ETHNICITY, AND CONTEMPORARY GANGS; Chapter 4 FEMALE GANG MEMBERS ANDFEMALE GANGS; Chapter 5 GANGS IN WESTERN HISTORY; Chapter 6 YOUTH STREET GANGS IN OTHER COUNTRIES; Chapter 7 PIECES OF THE PUZZLE: TYPOLOGIES AND CLASSICAL THEORIES OF YOUTH GANGS; Chapter 8T HEORETICAL PROPOSITIONS ABOUT YOUTH GANGS; Chapter 9 LEGISLATIVE AND JUSTICE SYSTEM GANG INTERVENTIONS: INCAPACITATION AND DETERRENCE.
Chapter 10 PREVENTION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS:E DUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, OPPORTUNITY, AND EMPOWERMENTChapter 11 THE FUTURE OF YOUTH GANGS; REFERENCES; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX.
The third edition of Youth Gangs (formerly Juvenile Gangs) represents a significant updating of many of the chapters from the previous two editions. In terms of organization and topics Youth Gangs is almost identical to the earlier versions with the exception that the separate chapter on typologies of youth gangs has been eliminated, with sections of it merged with the chapter that covers classical theories of youth gangs. The 11 chapters are: Chapter One "Contemporary American Youth Gangs"; Chapter Two "Youth Gang Violence"; Chapter Three "Race, Ethnicity, and Contemp