Chasing After Street Gangs: A Forty-Year Journey

by Malcolm W. Klein

Book Overview

In this brief, accessible text, Malcolm Klein presents insights gained from his forty years of experience investigating street gangs. In Part I he reveals some of the dominant trends that have emerged over the course of his research, defining and describing gangs, their locations, who joins them, and the types of illegal behavior in which they engage. In Part II he delves into the conceptual contexts that help us to understand those trends, examining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190215240
• ISBN13: 9780190215248
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.2"