Gangs in America's Communities

  • Gangs in America's Communities
    By James C. Howell

    Pearson, G. (1983). Hooligan: A history of reportable fears. London: Macmillan. Pepler, D. J., Madsen, K., Levene, K., & Webster, C. (2004). The development and treatment of girlhood aggression. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

  • Gangs in America's Communities
    By James C. Howell, Elizabeth Griffiths

    The first Mexican American gang members, reported in El Paso, were called pachucos (a Mexican-Spanish word for a young ... States was reported in the Mexican section of El Paso in 1924 (R. E. Dickerson, cited in Thrasher, 1927/2000, p.

  • Gangs in America's Communities
    By James C. Howell, Elizabeth Griffiths

    People and Folk alliances accounted for the major street conflicts that took place in Chicago in the 1980s (Perkins, 1987). Under these coalitions, gang conflicts were far more serious because they involved multiple gangs on occasion.

  • Gangs in America's Communities
    By James C. Howell, Elizabeth Griffiths

    The second is an area the Steering Committee referred to as the “East Belt,” stretching from the Lents neighborhood in Portland into the Rockwood neighborhood in Gresham. The plan revision process will allow for the reevaluation of ...

  • Gangs in America's Communities
    By James C. Howell, Elizabeth Griffiths

    Understanding the black box of gang organization: Implications for involvement in violent crime, drug sales, and violent victimization. ... In S. H. Decker & F. M. Weerman (Eds.), European street gangs and troublesome youth groups (pp.