Ch. 1. Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence -- Ch. 2. "Are You Claiming?" Methods of Study -- Ch. 3. "I'm Down with the Bloods, What's up Cuz?" Membership Issues -- Ch. 4. "We Ain't No Worldwide Thing or Nothing": Gang Structure and Relationships -- Ch. 5. "Where You Hanging? Let's Go Banging": What Gang Members Do -- Ch. 6. "I Love to Bang": Serious Crime by Gang Members -- Ch. 7. "Doing Time" in School and Elsewhere: Gang Members and Social Institutions -- Ch. 8. "My Mom Doesn't Know": Gang Members and Their Families -- Ch. 9. "There's Only Two Ways to Leave the Gang, Die or Move": Responding to Gangs -- Index of Gang Members, Relatives, and Ex-Members
Bibliography
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