Coping With Street Gangs

Margot Webb

The Rosen Publishing Group, Jan 1, 1999 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 168 pages

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Review: Coping With Street Gangs

User Review  - David Farley - Goodreads

it opened my eyes to gangs

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• What Are They Like and How Do They Work?: 4
• What Is a Gang?: 5
• The Need to Belong: 7
• Fitting In: 13
• The Hood: 22
• Joining for Protection: 28
• Gangs as Businesses and Employers: 34
• The Structure of Gangs: 41
• Different Types of Gangs: 44
• Violence and More Violence: 48
• Gangs Are Spreading: 52
• Clothing or Gang Colors: 61
• Initiation Rites: 66
• Weapons Violence and Victims: 69
• WellKnown Drugs and New Drugs: 77
• What You Can Do About Street Gangs and Other Problems: 86
• Can Anything Be Done?: 87
• Poverty: 91
• AbusiveViolent and Neglectful Families: 99
• Neighborhood Problems: 104
• The Need to Belong: 111
• Coping with Gangs Themselves: 118
• Threats and Violence at School: 120
• Drugs and Dealers: 124
• Violence on the Streets: 129
• What if Somebody You Know Is Killed?: 140
• What If Someone in Your Family Belongs to a Gang?: 145
• Leaving the Gang: 153
• What About the Future?: 156
• Glossary: 159
• Where to Go for Help: 160
• For Further Reading: 163
• Index: 164

Bibliographic information

• Title: Coping With Street Gangs; Coping Series
• Author: Margot Webb
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, 1999
• ISBN: 0823929728, 9780823929726
• Length: 168 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Issues / Violence; Social Science / General