Presents strategies to enhance prosecution of gang-related crimes, focusing exclusively on enforcement and prosecution strategies against urban street gangs. In

Gangs have been a major contributor to the growth of violent crime in the past decade. Heavily armed with sophisticated weapons, gangs are involved in drug traf

This manual, which arose from the ashes of the L.A. riots, is the most comprehensive study ever done on street gangs. It examines gang sociology; describes the

In the past two decades, many prevention and suppression programs have been initiated on a national and local level to combat street gangs--but what do we reall

The original prison gang, the Mexican Mafia, is the fastest growing prison gang in the United States. The authors illustrate how this prison gang uses influence