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Author Yablonsky, Lewis.

Title Gangsters : fifty years of madness, drugs, and death on the streets of America / Lewis Yablonsky.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [1997]
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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.3 Y1    Check Shelf
Description xx, 237 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-227) and index.
Contents Pt. 1 Gangs: now and then -- The current gang problem -- Gangs in the 20th century -- Pt. 2 The contemporary gang -- Gang characteristics -- Black and chicano gangs : in and out of prison -- Why gangs kill : the sociopath factor -- Pt. 3 Treatment approaches -- Some effective interventions -- The therapeutic community approach to gangs -- pt. 4 Gang theories and treatment -- Varied theoretical viewpoints -- The violent gang as a near-group -- Joining a positive gang : a plan for treating gangsters in a therapeutic community.
Subject Gangs -- United States.
Gang prevention -- United States.
ISBN 0814796796 cloth alk paper
9780814796795 cloth alk paper
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