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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Knox, George W., 1950- author. Gangs and organized crime New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 (DLC) 2018012714 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
George W Knox; Gregg W Etter; Carter F Smith |
ISBN: | 9781482244236 1482244233 9781138614772 1138614777 |
OCLC Number: | 1028596251 |
Description: | 512 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Gang and organized crime history and foundations -- Los Angeles area street gangs -- Chicago area street gangs -- Outlaw motorcycle gangs -- Prison gangs -- Females in the gang world -- Gangs and violence -- Gangs and the military -- Asian, East Asian, and African organized crime -- Italian organized crime -- Russian and other European organized crime -- Drug and other trafficking organizations in the Americas -- Investigation and prosecution of gangs and organized crime groups. |
Responsibility: | George W. Knox, Gregg W. Etter, and Carter F. Smith. |
Abstract:
In Gangs and Organized Crime, George W. Knox, Gregg W. Etter, and Carter F. Smith offer an informed and carefully investigated examination of gangs and organized crime groups, covering street gangs, prison gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs, and organized crime groups from every continent. The authors have spent decades investigating gangs as well as researching their history and activities, and this dual professional-academic perspective informs their analysis of gangs and crime groups. They take a multidisciplinary approach that combines criminal justice, public policy and administration, law, organizational behavior, sociology, psychology, and urban planning perspectives to provide insight into the actions and interactions of a variety of groups and their members. This textbook is ideal for criminal justice and sociology courses on gangs as well as related course topics like gang behavior, gang crime and the inner city, organized crime families, and transnational criminal groups. Gangs and Organized Crime is also an excellent addition to the professional’s reference library or primer for the general reader.
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