Winner, Best Book on Ethnic and Racial Politics in a Local or Urban Setting , Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics of the American Political Scien

Looks at the worldwide increase in street gangs, explores why people join them, discusses the social problems that push young people into gangs, and examines wh

This book is an historical account of the emergence of youth gangs and the transformation of these into street gangs in the United States. The author traces the

In the early 1870s, the boomtown of Birmingham erupted in a series of vicious gang wars. Mobs of youths armed with stones, knives and belt buckles fought pitche

'Lifts the lid on London gangs of the last two centuries' THE WEEKLY NEWS 'Lays bare the truth behind the capital's underworld far before the Krays and the Rich