Malcolm Klein is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Southern California.Series EditorHenry N. Pontell is a Distinguished Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York.

This book is classic Klein: engaging, thoughtful, and at times irreverent. If you are interested in gaining an appreciation for the current state of youth gang research and policy, I recommend this user-friendly monograph. Mac (as Klein is known) shares forty-plus years of scholarly research in a very readable format. For readers who have not had the pleasure of meeting Mac in person, this book will give you some insight into his humor along with his wisdom.

• PART I: FOUR LEVELS OF STREET GANG INFORMATION; 1. A REVIEW OF GANG AND NONGANG JURISDICTIONS; 2. STREET GANGS AND OTHER GROUPS, YOUTH AND ADULT; 3. STREET GANG MEMBERS AND NONGANG YOUTH; 4. STREET GANG CRIMES DEFINED; PART II: THREE CONTEXTS FOR UNDERSTANDING STREET GANGS; 5. GANG PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES, THE LARGELY IGNORED FACT ABOUT STREET GANGS; 6. STREET GANGS HERE AND THERE; 7. APPROACHES TO STREET GANG CONTROL, FROM EARLY PREVENTION, THROUGH INTERVENTION, TO OUTRIGHT SUPPRESSION; 8. CONCLUDING COMMENTS: THE NEXT TEN YEARS

Malcolm Klein is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Southern California.Series EditorHenry N. Pontell is a Distinguished Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York.

This book is classic Klein: engaging, thoughtful, and at times irreverent. If you are interested in gaining an appreciation for the current state of youth gang research and policy, I recommend this user-friendly monograph. Mac (as Klein is known) shares forty-plus years of scholarly research in a very readable format. For readers who have not had the pleasure of meeting Mac in person, this book will give you some insight into his humor along with his wisdom.

• PART I: FOUR LEVELS OF STREET GANG INFORMATION; 1. A REVIEW OF GANG AND NONGANG JURISDICTIONS; 2. STREET GANGS AND OTHER GROUPS, YOUTH AND ADULT; 3. STREET GANG MEMBERS AND NONGANG YOUTH; 4. STREET GANG CRIMES DEFINED; PART II: THREE CONTEXTS FOR UNDERSTANDING STREET GANGS; 5. GANG PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES, THE LARGELY IGNORED FACT ABOUT STREET GANGS; 6. STREET GANGS HERE AND THERE; 7. APPROACHES TO STREET GANG CONTROL, FROM EARLY PREVENTION, THROUGH INTERVENTION, TO OUTRIGHT SUPPRESSION; 8. CONCLUDING COMMENTS: THE NEXT TEN YEARS

Malcolm Klein is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Southern California.Series EditorHenry N. Pontell is a Distinguished Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York.

This book is classic Klein: engaging, thoughtful, and at times irreverent. If you are interested in gaining an appreciation for the current state of youth gang research and policy, I recommend this user-friendly monograph. Mac (as Klein is known) shares forty-plus years of scholarly research in a very readable format. For readers who have not had the pleasure of meeting Mac in person, this book will give you some insight into his humor along with his wisdom.

• PART I: FOUR LEVELS OF STREET GANG INFORMATION; 1. A REVIEW OF GANG AND NONGANG JURISDICTIONS; 2. STREET GANGS AND OTHER GROUPS, YOUTH AND ADULT; 3. STREET GANG MEMBERS AND NONGANG YOUTH; 4. STREET GANG CRIMES DEFINED; PART II: THREE CONTEXTS FOR UNDERSTANDING STREET GANGS; 5. GANG PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES, THE LARGELY IGNORED FACT ABOUT STREET GANGS; 6. STREET GANGS HERE AND THERE; 7. APPROACHES TO STREET GANG CONTROL, FROM EARLY PREVENTION, THROUGH INTERVENTION, TO OUTRIGHT SUPPRESSION; 8. CONCLUDING COMMENTS: THE NEXT TEN YEARS