Explores the extraordinary reach of Japan's Mafia, discussing their feudal origins as bands of medieval outlaws to their emergence as billion-dollar investors in real estate, big business, art, and more.
Discusses what gangs are, how they have developed in the United States, their involvement in various criminal acts, and how the criminal justice system has dealt with the problem.
A history of street gangs from colonial times to the present discussing why they have persisted, who joins them, what needs they satisfy, and what they have in common with establishment groups.
When disaster strikes their family, Mamo and Dani are forced to live as street urchins in the slums of an Ethiopian city, where they are taken into a gang led by a tough but likable boy named Million.
Three English children, fascinated by the war air raids, gradually become aware of true fear and horror when they seek vengeance on an opposing gang that destroyed their hideaway.
When his parents divorce and his mother moves with him to Belfast, Northern Ireland, twelve-year-old Eddie contends with the Reservoir Pups, a gang of children who rule his neighborhood.
Twelve-year-old Toby and his mother move to 7th Street after his parents' divorce only to find that the neighborhood has been taken over by the Strafers; and in order to take it back, Toby and Moe, a homeless man, must find the courage to face the gang of bullies.
When his father disappears from their desert wasteland home where water is scarce, Todd must search for him while braving the elements and evading gangs of outlaw bikers.
Over eighty alphabetically arranged entries provide information about gangs in the United States, discussing gang theory, practices, types, and expansion.
