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BL
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| Record Number
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953707
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b708077
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| Main Entry
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Newton, Michael,1951-
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| Title & Author
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Gangs and gang crime /\ Michael Newton.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Chelsea House,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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Criminal investigations
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| Page. NO
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120 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color) ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0791094081
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: 9780791094082
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (page 107) and index.
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| Contents
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Foreword -- Introduction -- Cracks in the melting pot -- Supply and demand -- Public enemies -- Hell on wheels -- Prison gangs -- Crips and bloods -- New world disorder -- Gangs in fiction and film -- Coping with gangs -- Chronology -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Further resources -- Index -- About the author -- About the consulting editor.
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| Abstract
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Throughout history, gangs have existed in the U.S. in one form or another, from violent thugs to holdup gangs to street gangs. Each gang has posed a serious problem for law-enforcement authorities. Read about the history of criminal gangs and law-enforcement efforts to fight them.
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Gangs-- United States, Case studies, Juvenile literature.
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Gangs-- United States, Juvenile literature.
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Juvenile delinquency-- United States, Juvenile literature.
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Violent crimes-- United States, Juvenile literature.
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Gangs-- United States, Case studies.
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Gangs-- United States.
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Juvenile delinquency-- United States.
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Violent crimes-- United States.
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Gangs-- United States.
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Gangs.
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Juvenile delinquency-- United States.
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Juvenile delinquency.
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Violent crimes.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.1/0660973
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| LC Classification
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HV6439.U5N49 2008
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