American youth gangs at the millennium

Section I. Definitions and current trends

Youth gangs : an overview / James C. Howell

Youth gangs and definitional issues : when is a gang a gang, and why does it matter? / Finn-Aage Esbensen, L. Thomas Winfree, Jr., Ni He & Terrance J. Taylor

Comparing the criminal behavior of youth gangs and at-risk youths / C. Ronald Huff

Recent patterns of gang problems in the United States : results from the 1996-2002 National Youth Gang Survey / Arlen Egley, Jr., James C. Howell & Aline K. Major

Section II. Varieties of gangs

Voices from the barrio : Chicano/a gangs, families, and communities / Marjorie S. Zatz & Edwardo L. Portillos

Exploring race and ethnic differences in a sample of middle school gang members / Adrienne Freng & L. Thomas Winfree, Jr.

Gender dynamics in youth gangs : a comparison of males' and females' accounts / Jody Miller & Rod K. Brunson

Early precursors of gang membership : a study of Seattle youth / Karl G. Hill, Christina Lui & J. David Hawkins

Hybrid and other modern gangs / David Starbuck, James C. Howell & Donna J. Lindquist

Section III. Gang activities

Street baptism : Chicano gang initiation / James Diego Vigil

Alcohol and violence in the lives of gang members / Geoffrey P. Hunt & Karen Joe Laidler

The financial activity of a modern American street gang / Sudhir Venkatesh

A tale of two cities : gangs as organized crime groups / Scott H. Decker, Tim Bynum & Deborah Weisel

Gang homicide : a review and extension of the literature / Cheryl L. Maxson

Section IV. Responding to youth gangs

The political and organizational response to gangs : an examination of a "moral panic" in Nevada / Richard C. McCorkle & Terance D. Miethe

Youth violence : prevention, intervention, and social policy / C. Ronald Huff

Police youth violence interventions : lessons to improve effectiveness / Jack R. Greene

Gang prevention : a case study of a primary prevention program / Finn-Aage Esbensen, Dana Peterson, Terrance J. Taylor, Adrienne Freng & D. Wayne Osgood

Civil gang injunctions : the ambiguous case of the national migration of a gang enforcement strategy / Cheryl L. Maxson.