The criminologists' gang

The Blackwell Companion to Criminology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 91-124

  Katz, Jack ^a   Jackson Jacobs, Curtis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal gangs; Criminologists; Gang members; Gang struggle; Juvenile delinquency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961378285     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998960.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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