Within the Mexican American barrios of Los Angeles, gang activity, including crime and violent acts, has grown and flourished. In the past, community leaders an

This report presents an overview of gang research and programs in the United States and examines how gangs form and why youth join them. It is based on informat

The first comprehensive national survey of organized agency and community group responses to gang problems in the U.S. The only national assessment of efforts t

Gangs, often associated with brutality and senseless destructive violence, have not always been viewed as inherently antagonistic. The first studies of gangs de

The Nurture Versus Biosocial Debate in Criminology: On the Origins of Criminal Behavior and Criminality takes a contemporary approach to address the sociologica