Collective violence has played an important role throughout American history, though we have typically denied it. But it is not enough to repress violence or to suppress our knowledge of it. We must u
Sociologists, criminologists, and other scholars discuss contemporary issues relating to research on youth gangs. Short (emeritus, Washington State U.) opens the volume with an account of his experien
This absorbing new collection is an introduction to the study of gangs: how we define them, what we know and don't know about gangs. The authors offer both a domestic and international view of process
