John M. Hagedorn is associate professor of criminal justice and senior research fellow at Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is editor of Gangs in the Global City; co-editor of Female Gangs in America: Essays on Girls, Gangs, and Gender; and author of the highly influential People and Folks: Gangs, Crime, and the Underclass in a Rustbelt City.MacArthur fellow Mike Davis is professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of many books, including Planet of Slums, City of Quartz, and Ecology of Fear.

• Foreword: Reading John Hagedorn, Mike DavisAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Are Gangs Everywhere?I. Globalizing Gangs1. Ghetto, Favela, and Township: The Worlds Gangs Live In2. Street Institutions: Why Some Gangs Won't Go Away3. The Problem with Definitions: The Questionable Uniqueness of Gangs4. From Chicago to Mumbai: Touring the World of GangsII. Race, Space, and the Power of Identity5. No Way Out: Demoralization, Racism, and Resistance Identity6. A Tale of Two Gangs: The Hamburgs and the Conservative Vice Lords7. Reconsidering Culture: Race, Rap, and Resistance8. Street Wars: Hip Hop and the Rise of Gangsta Culture9. Contested Cities: Gentrification and the GhettoConclusion: A Rose in the Cracks of ConcreteNotesIndex

John M. Hagedorn is associate professor of criminal justice and senior research fellow at Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is editor of Gangs in the Global City; co-editor of Female Gangs in America: Essays on Girls, Gangs, and Gender; and author of the highly influential People and Folks: Gangs, Crime, and the Underclass in a Rustbelt City.MacArthur fellow Mike Davis is professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of many books, including Planet of Slums, City of Quartz, and Ecology of Fear.

• Foreword: Reading John Hagedorn, Mike DavisAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Are Gangs Everywhere?I. Globalizing Gangs1. Ghetto, Favela, and Township: The Worlds Gangs Live In2. Street Institutions: Why Some Gangs Won't Go Away3. The Problem with Definitions: The Questionable Uniqueness of Gangs4. From Chicago to Mumbai: Touring the World of GangsII. Race, Space, and the Power of Identity5. No Way Out: Demoralization, Racism, and Resistance Identity6. A Tale of Two Gangs: The Hamburgs and the Conservative Vice Lords7. Reconsidering Culture: Race, Rap, and Resistance8. Street Wars: Hip Hop and the Rise of Gangsta Culture9. Contested Cities: Gentrification and the GhettoConclusion: A Rose in the Cracks of ConcreteNotesIndex

John M. Hagedorn is associate professor of criminal justice and senior research fellow at Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is editor of Gangs in the Global City; co-editor of Female Gangs in America: Essays on Girls, Gangs, and Gender; and author of the highly influential People and Folks: Gangs, Crime, and the Underclass in a Rustbelt City.MacArthur fellow Mike Davis is professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of many books, including Planet of Slums, City of Quartz, and Ecology of Fear.

• Foreword: Reading John Hagedorn, Mike DavisAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Are Gangs Everywhere?I. Globalizing Gangs1. Ghetto, Favela, and Township: The Worlds Gangs Live In2. Street Institutions: Why Some Gangs Won't Go Away3. The Problem with Definitions: The Questionable Uniqueness of Gangs4. From Chicago to Mumbai: Touring the World of GangsII. Race, Space, and the Power of Identity5. No Way Out: Demoralization, Racism, and Resistance Identity6. A Tale of Two Gangs: The Hamburgs and the Conservative Vice Lords7. Reconsidering Culture: Race, Rap, and Resistance8. Street Wars: Hip Hop and the Rise of Gangsta Culture9. Contested Cities: Gentrification and the GhettoConclusion: A Rose in the Cracks of ConcreteNotesIndex