Understanding Street Gangs

By Robert K. Jackson and Wesley D. McBride

UNDERSTANDING STREET GANGS offers a unique and pioneering approach to the street and prison gang dilemma and provides both local and national perspective. This popular book is used by colleges,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0942728173
• ISBN13: 9780942728170
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Understanding Street Gangs

The book is very helpful in learning what to look for provides insight into gang the gangs reason for being .

Good practical knowledge for training cops

I bought this book probably in '87 at Long Beach Uniform. It had good information at the time of publication concering the gangs in the greater LA area at the time. Gang associations, graffiti, turf, activity, and turfs are covered. Crimes known to be done by certain gangs are covered, heredity of the latino gangs, tattos, etc. are both covered and photos shown.Seems like a good informational book with little narrative about what society should do about them. I was surprised I am the first reviewer of the book. I had thought a policeman or trainee would have long ago reviewed this book.