Malcolm W. Klein is professor emeritus of the University of Southern California and an independent consultant on street gang issues to many local, state, national, and international private and public agencies and commissions. His research appears in many journals and he has authored and edited fourteen books, including The American Street Gang (Oxford University Press).

Malcolm Klein is the preeminent gang researcher of our time. His new book Gang Cop is a revealing and compelling look inside the world of the police gang unit officer. Klein not only offers readers a colorful and unforgettable depiction of gang cops and the world in which they work and live, but he also provides readers with a scholarly examination of gangs and gang crime.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1: The Relationship Develops: Gang Cop, Gang ResearcherChapter 3 2: Paco: Character and ValuesChapter 4 3: Paco Considers the European CopChapter 5 4: Street Gangs and Community PolicingChapter 6 5: Defining Street GangsChapter 7 6: Street Gang StructuresChapter 8 7: Changes in Street Gang CultureChapter 9 8: Changes in Paco's CareerChapter 10 9: Street Gang NeighborhoodsChapter 11 10: Gang Member CharacteristicsChapter 12 11: Street Gang Crime PatternsChapter 13 12: Street Gangs are GroupsChapter 14 13: Street Gang VictimsChapter 15 14: Gang Control: Paco's Way and Other WaysChapter 16 15: Paco Goes to CourtChapter 17 16: Elite Units, Gang Units, and PacoChapter 18 17: Rampart: The Smoking GunChapter 19 Epilogue

Malcolm W. Klein is professor emeritus of the University of Southern California and an independent consultant on street gang issues to many local, state, national, and international private and public agencies and commissions. His research appears in many journals and he has authored and edited fourteen books, including The American Street Gang (Oxford University Press).

Malcolm Klein is the preeminent gang researcher of our time. His new book Gang Cop is a revealing and compelling look inside the world of the police gang unit officer. Klein not only offers readers a colorful and unforgettable depiction of gang cops and the world in which they work and live, but he also provides readers with a scholarly examination of gangs and gang crime.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1: The Relationship Develops: Gang Cop, Gang ResearcherChapter 3 2: Paco: Character and ValuesChapter 4 3: Paco Considers the European CopChapter 5 4: Street Gangs and Community PolicingChapter 6 5: Defining Street GangsChapter 7 6: Street Gang StructuresChapter 8 7: Changes in Street Gang CultureChapter 9 8: Changes in Paco's CareerChapter 10 9: Street Gang NeighborhoodsChapter 11 10: Gang Member CharacteristicsChapter 12 11: Street Gang Crime PatternsChapter 13 12: Street Gangs are GroupsChapter 14 13: Street Gang VictimsChapter 15 14: Gang Control: Paco's Way and Other WaysChapter 16 15: Paco Goes to CourtChapter 17 16: Elite Units, Gang Units, and PacoChapter 18 17: Rampart: The Smoking GunChapter 19 Epilogue

Malcolm W. Klein is professor emeritus of the University of Southern California and an independent consultant on street gang issues to many local, state, national, and international private and public agencies and commissions. His research appears in many journals and he has authored and edited fourteen books, including The American Street Gang (Oxford University Press).

Malcolm Klein is the preeminent gang researcher of our time. His new book Gang Cop is a revealing and compelling look inside the world of the police gang unit officer. Klein not only offers readers a colorful and unforgettable depiction of gang cops and the world in which they work and live, but he also provides readers with a scholarly examination of gangs and gang crime.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1: The Relationship Develops: Gang Cop, Gang ResearcherChapter 3 2: Paco: Character and ValuesChapter 4 3: Paco Considers the European CopChapter 5 4: Street Gangs and Community PolicingChapter 6 5: Defining Street GangsChapter 7 6: Street Gang StructuresChapter 8 7: Changes in Street Gang CultureChapter 9 8: Changes in Paco's CareerChapter 10 9: Street Gang NeighborhoodsChapter 11 10: Gang Member CharacteristicsChapter 12 11: Street Gang Crime PatternsChapter 13 12: Street Gangs are GroupsChapter 14 13: Street Gang VictimsChapter 15 14: Gang Control: Paco's Way and Other WaysChapter 16 15: Paco Goes to CourtChapter 17 16: Elite Units, Gang Units, and PacoChapter 18 17: Rampart: The Smoking GunChapter 19 Epilogue