History of Street Gangs in the United States - Their Origins and Transformations

This book contains a history of the origins of youth gangs and the transformation of these into street gangs that often are connected to prison gangs in large American cities. Importantly, the street gang problem has not decreased in seriousness in the past decade even though the U.S. has seen a sharp drop in violent crime.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Emergence and Development of Gang Activity in the United States

Chapter 2. Development, Transformation, and Growth of Prison Gangs

Chapter 3. An Historical Analysis of Street Gang Emergence and Transformation

Chapter 4. Nationwide Gang Growth And Expansion

Chapter 5. Transnational Gangs

Epilogue

About the author

James C. Howell (BA, MDiv, PhD) is Senior Pastor of Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, and adjunct professor of preaching at Duke Divinity School. He is the author of fifteen books and is a popular speaker and blogger.

Summary

This book contains a history of the origins of youth gangs and the transformation of these into street gangs that often are connected to prison gangs in large American cities. Importantly, the street gang problem has not decreased in seriousness in the past decade even though the U.S. has seen a sharp drop in violent crime.

Product details

• Authors: James Howell, James C. Howell, Howell James C.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781498511346
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1134-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; USA, True Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, TRUE CRIME / General, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, United States of America, USA, Violence in society, History of the Americas, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Urban communities, Violence and abuse in society