1st Edition

Gangbangs and Drive-Bys Grounded Culture and Juvenile Gang Violence

By William Sanders Copyright 1994
212 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

This study, based on quantitative and qualitative data gathered over a twelve-year period, takes its title from the two predominant styles of gang violence: 'drive-bys,' which have replaced 'rumbles' as the primary form of gang violence; and 'gang-bangs' - a generic term for other gang violence that includes assaults, knifings, and beatings.The author attempts to understand the situations in which... Read more
1: Introduction: The Problem; 2: Situations and Gang Violence; 3: Patterns of Gang Violence; 4: Drive-Bys; 5: Gangbangs; 6: Other Types of Gang Violence; 7: Mexican-American Gang Styles; 8: African-American Gang Styles; 9: Other Youth Gangs; 10: Police Operations and Gangs

Biography

William Sanders