European street gangs and troublesome youth groups /

Other Authors: Decker, Scott H., Weerman, Frank M.,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, c2005.
Subjects:
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245 |a European street gangs and troublesome youth groups /  |c edited by Scott H. Decker and Frank M. Weerman. 
260 |a Lanham, Md. :  |b AltaMira Press,  |c c2005. 
300 |a x, 338 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 |a 1. In the grip of the group -- 2. Criminal gangs and their connections : metaphors, definitions, and structures -- 3. An old-fashioned youth gang in Genoa -- 4. Why do young male Russians of German descent tend to join or form violent gangs? -- 5. The role of crime acts in constituting the gang's mentality -- 6. Identification and self-indentification : using a survey to study gangs in the Netherlands -- 7. Youth groups and gangs in Amsterdam : a pretest of the Eurogang expert survey -- 8. Contemporary Russian gangs : history, membership, and crime involvement -- 9. Terrors and young teams : youth gangs and delinquency in Edinburgh -- 10. A cross-national comparison of youth gangs : the United States and the Netherlands -- 11. Gang and youth violence prevention and intervention : contrasting the experience of the Scandinavian welfare state with the United States -- 12. European street gangs and troublesome youth groups : findings from the Eurogang research. 
650 |a Gangs  |z Europe. 
650 |a Juvenile delinquency  |z Europe. 
700 1 |a Decker, Scott H. 
700 1 |a Weerman, Frank M., 
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