Chinatown Gangs: Extortion, Enterprise, and Ethnicity

by Ko-Lin Chin

Book Overview

In Chinatown Gangs, Ko-lin Chin penetrates a closed society and presents a rare portrait of the underworld of New York City's Chinatown. Based on first-hand accounts from gang members, gang victims, community leaders, and law enforcement authorities, this pioneering study reveals the pervasiveness, the muscle, the longevity, and the institutionalization of Chinatown gangs. Chin reveals the fear gangs instill in the Chinese community. At the same time,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019510238X
• ISBN13: 9780195102383
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Good Research

This is indeed a well researched book. This is not the same old anectdotal story telling that are so many of these books. This is good quality scholarship. I urge the author to develop this work into more precisely focused analyses that are publishable in quality scholarly journals. This is one of several books that I refer my student to when they tell me they want to learn about gangs. A well done book for those who want to learn, not just be entertained. If you are looking purely to be entertained, this likely is not an appropriate book for you. .... All others welcome too, but for legitimate scholarly business only.