xi, 288 pages : 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-267) and index

Preface / James F. Short, Jr., and Lorine A. Hughes -- Why study gangs? An intellectual journey / James F. Short, Jr. -- Are "gang" studies dangerous? Youth violence, local context, and the problem of reification / Mercer L. Sullivan -- Studying youth gangs: the importance of context / Lorine A. Hughes -- The gang facilitation effect and neighborhood risk: do gangs have a stronger influence on delinquency in disadvantaged areas? / Gina Penly Hall, Terence P. Thornberry, and Alan J. Lizotte -- Neighborhood effects on street gang behavior / Andrew V. Papachristos and David S. Kirk -- Youth gang social dynamics and social network analysis: applying degree centrality measures to assess the nature of gang boundaries / Mark S. Fleisher -- Social network analysis and gang research: theory and methods / Andrew V. Papachristos -- A public health model for studying youth gangs / Bill Sanders and Stephen E. Lankenau -- The value of comparisons in street gang research / Malcolm W. Klein -- Hate groups or street gangs? The emergence of racist skinheads / Pete Simi -- Youth gang research in Australia / Rob White -- The global impact of gangs / John M. Hagedorn -- Gang membership and community corrections populations: characteristics and recidivism rates relative to other offenders / David E. Olson and Brendan D. Dooley -- The comprehensive, community-wide gang program model: success and failure / Irving A. Spergel, Kwai Ming Wa, and Rolando Villarreal Sosa -- Moving gang research forward / James F. Short, Jr., and Lorine A. Hughes

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