This two-volume set integrates informative encyclopedia entries and essential primary documents to provide an illuminating overview of trends in gang membership and activity in America in the 21st century.

Gangland: An Encyclopedia of Gang Life from Cradle to Grave includes extended discussion of specific gangs;

Guide to Related Topics Preface Acknowledgments and Dedication Introduction The History of Gangs in the United States Chronology A–Z Entries VOLUME 1 African American Gangs Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. (1993) American History X (1998) American Me (1992) Aryan Brotherhood Related Primary Document: FBI Report on the Aryan Brotherhood (1982) Aryan Nations Asian Gangs Asset Forfeiture and Gang Activity Bandidos Barrio Azteca Black Disciples Black Panther Party Related Primary Document: Telephone Interview with Bobby Seale, Radio Havana (August 13, 1968) Blanco, Griselda (1943–2012) Blood in, Blood out (Bound by Honor) (1993) Bloods Boyle, Father Gregory (1954–) Boyz N the Hood (1991) Canada, Geoffrey (1952–) Caucasian Gangs Celebrities and Gangs Cocaine Code of the Streets Theory Coke, Christopher (1969–) Colors (1988) Crips Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008) Cure Violence Curfews Related Primary Document: Tennessee Curfew Law Dangerous Minds (1995) Department of Justice Violence Reduction Network Department of Justice Youth Gang Prevention Programs Differential Association Theory Differential Opportunity Theory Dress Codes Related Primary Document: California Dress Code Law Drive-by Shootings Dropout Prevention Programs Dropout Rates Drug Crime Drug-Trafficking Organizations 8 Ball Chicks: A Year in the Life of Violent Girl Gangs (1997) 18th Street Gang Employment End of Watch (2012) Escalante, Jaime (1930–2010) Extremist Gangs Faith-Based Programs Family Federal Bureau of Investigation Female Gangs Feminist Theories Florencia 13 Forty Thieves Funerals Gang Colors Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets (1989) Gang Member Databases Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Gang Signs Gang-on-Gang Violence Gangs of New York (2002) Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America (2015) Gottfredson, Denise (1952–) Graffiti Gun Violence Guzmán, Joaquín ("El Chapo") (1954–) Related Primary Document: El Chapo Faces Charges (2017) Hampton, Fred (1948–1969) Harlem Children's Zone Hells Angels Hells Angels Riot at Rolling Stones Concert (1969) Hermanos de Pistoleros Heroin High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Holder, Eric (1951–) Homeboy Industries Homies Unidos Hotspots Human Trafficking Related Primary Document: Human-Trafficking Investigation (2011) Immigrant Gangs Initiations Injunctions Innocent Bystanders and Gang Violence Interrupters, The (2012) Interventionists Related Primary Document: Del Elliott on Prevention Programs (2007) Journal of Gang Research Juggalos Juice (1992) Juvenile Gang Members Klein, Malcolm (1930–) Ku Klux Klan (KKK) Related Primary Document: The Southern Manifesto (1956) L.A. Ramparts Scandal Latin Kings Latino Gangs Leaving Gangs Legislation Related Primary Document: Chicago v. Morales (1999) Los Zetas Loyalty Mara Salvatrucha Marijuana Maxson, Cheryl Media Menace II Society (1993) Mentoring Methamphetamines Mexican Mafia Military Mongols Monster (1999) Motivating Factors for Joining a Gang Motorcycle Gangs VOLUME 2 National Basketball Association (NBA), The National Football League (NFL), The National Gang Center National Gang Crime Research Center National Institute of Justice National Youth Gang Survey Native American Gangs Related Primary Document: Testimony on Gangs in Indian Country (2007) Nicknames Nuestra Familia Offender Reintegration Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Comprehensive Gang Model Old Gangsters Operation Ceasefire Related Primary Document: The Boston Gun Project (2001) Operation Sunrise Organized Crime Outlaws Outsiders, The (1967) Parental Responsibility Laws People and Folk Nations Police Gang Units Police Officers, Gang Shootings of Popular Culture Poverty Prescription Drugs Prevention Prison Gangs Project Safe Neighborhoods Related Primary Document: Project Safe Neighborhoods (2017) Property Crime Prosecution Prostitution Protective Factors Public Nuisance Laws Race and Antigang Ordinances Race and Gang Membership Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) Related Primary Document: RICO in Use against Gangs (2017) Rap Music Rational Choice Theory Recruitment Restorative Justice Risk Factors for Joining Gangs River Run Riot Roca Routine Activities Theory Sanchez, Alex (ca. 1972–) Schools Seductions of Crime Theory Sentence Enhancements Related Primary Document: California Law on Street Gangs (2017) Sexual Assault Shakur, Sanyika ("Monster") (1963–) Sleepy Lagoon Murder (1942) Related Primary Document: The Sleepy Lagoon Case (1943) Social Control Theory Social Disorganization Theory Social Media Somali Gangs Stand and Deliver (1988) State Gang Laws Strain Theory Subculture Theories Suburban Gangs Sureños Sweeps Task Forces Tattoos Techniques of Neutralization Theory Thornberry, Terence (1945–) Thrasher, Frederic (1892–1962) Training Day (2001) Transnational Gangs Trinitarios Urban Gangs Urban Peace Institute Urban Warriors Vagos Motorcycle Club Venkatesh, Sudhir (1966–) Vice Lords Violent Crime Waco Motorcycle Shootout (2015) Wannabes Weed and Seed Program West Side Story Wheels of Soul White-Collar Crime Williams, Stanley "Tookie" (1953–2005) Yakuza Zoot Suit Riots Related Primary Document: Mayor Bowron's Statement on the Zoot Suit Riots (1943) Glossary Recommended Resources About the Editor and Contributors Index

This two-volume set integrates informative encyclopedia entries and essential primary documents to provide an illuminating overview of trends in gang membership and activity in America in the 21st century.