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An edition of Gangsters (1997)

Gangsters

fifty years of madness, drugs, and death on the streets of America

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In Gangsters: Fifty Years of Madness, Drugs, and Death on the Streets of America, Lewis Yablonsky provides answers to the most baffling and crucial questions regarding gangs. How has the American gang evolved into its current structure? What prompts young people to participate in violent behavior? What can be done to extract adolescents from the gangster world of crime, death, and incarceration once they have become involved?

Using information gathered from over forty years of experience working with gang members and based on hundreds of personal interviews, conducted in prisons and gang neighborhoods, Yablonsky explores the pathology of the gangsters' apparent addiction to incarceration and death, presenting his sophisticated analysis in an engaging and personal style.

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New York University Press
Language
English
Pages
237

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Subjects

Gangs, Prevention, Crime, united states, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS, Friendship, Gang prevention

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United States
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Gangsters: 50 Years of Madness, Drugs, and Death on the Streets of America
2012, New York University Press
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Gangsters: Fifty Years of Madness, Drugs, and Death on the Streets of America
August 1, 1998, New York University Press
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Cover of: Gangsters
Gangsters: 50 Years of Madness, Drugs, and Death on the Streets of America
1997, New York University Press
in English
Cover of: Gangsters
Gangsters: fifty years of madness, drugs, and death on the streets of America
1997, New York University Press
in English

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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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-227) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
302.3/4
Library of Congress
HV6439.U5 Y3 1997, HV6439.U5Y3 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 237 p. ;
Number of pages
237

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL997027M
ISBN 10
0814796796
LCCN
96035713
OCLC/WorldCat
35620229
Library Thing
1665086
Goodreads
852479

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OL3297675W

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