Gangs

Lori Hile

Description

Is it ever worth joining a gang? Do they provide protection or bring trouble to a neighbourhood? This book looks at gang culture, asks what gangs are trying to achieve, and shows how they treat their members and the wider community - exploding some myths along the way.

Informations

• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 10 septembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406256666
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 12 Mo

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Teen Issues GANGS

Teen Issues

GANGS

Lori Hile

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ISBN 978 1 406 23883 9 (hardback) 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Hile, Lori. Gangs.  (Teen issues) 302.3’4dc23 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Alamy p. 36 (© Michael Matthews – Police Images); Corbis pp. 7 (© Aristide Economopoulos/Star Ledger), p. 13 (© Jerome Sessini), 14 (© Jay Dickman), 18 (© Keith Dannemiller), 23 (© Ted Soqui), 29 (© Carlos Cazalis), 39 (© Scott Houston), 42 (© Daniel LeClair/Reuters), 48 (© Alex Masi); Courtnewsuk p. 11 (Ed Willcox); Getty Images pp. 24 (CNN), 44 (Scott Strazzante/Chicago Tribune/ McClatchyTribune), 47 (Clayton Chase); Photolibrary pp. 4 (Francesca Yorke), 20 (Janine Wiedel), 26 (Uwe Umstätter/Mauritius); Shutterstock pp. 17 (© Yaro), 34 (© Helga Esteb), 40 (© James Steidl); Rex Features p. 32 (Steve Burton).

Cover photograph of young people reproduced with permission of Photolibrary (Stockbroker). Cover photograph of broken glass and cracks reproduced with permission of Shutterstock (© Olegusk).

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contents

Types of gangs ...............................................4 Life in a gang................................................ 14 Why do gangs form?.....................................24 Gangs and the media....................................32 Police vs gangs ........................................... 36 Getting out, staying out................................ 40 What have we learned?............................... 48 Research and debate................................... 50 Glossary ....................................................... 52

Find out more............................................... 54

Index ............................................................ 56

Some words are shown in bold,like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

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types of gangs

People usually join gangs when they are just children or teenagers, before they understand the negative effect gang activity can have on themselves and others.