Lukol Directory: Society: Crime: Organized Crime: Street Gangs

The Coroner's Report: GangWar
Gang expert Steve Nawojczyk discusses the dynamics of street gangs. Site includes advice for parents and educators, links to other web resources and a blog.
http://www.gangwar.com/

Gangs in Los Angeles County
Statistics and information about gangs, especially LA gangs, from an academic media consultant point of view.
http://www.streetgangs.com/

TIME: L.A.'s Gangs Are Back
Photo essay on Los Angeles' West Side Playboys gang and interview with photographer Robert Yager.
http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/gangs...

Gangs - Frequently Asked Questions
Narcotics and Gang Task Force of Dane County, Wisconsin, provides a guide to understanding street gangs.
http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/police/gangfaq...

Know Gangs
Private organization that disseminates information on street gangs. Site also addresses drug abuse and school safety issues.
http://www.knowgangs.com/

Gang Members on the Move
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's October 1998 bulletin on the migration of gang members in the United States.
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/jjbulletin/9810_1/c...

Gang Reduction through Intervention, Prevention & Education
Published by the East Coast Gang Investigators Association, GRIPE provides information on gang history, myths, graffiti, school violence. Special attention is given to the Latin Kings, Bloods, Crips, La Familia, Los Solidos, Neta, Tiny Rascals. Site includes an FAQ and a forum.
http://www.gripe4rkids.org/

Gang and Security Threat Group Awareness
Florida Department of Corrections provides background information and images relating to street gangs. Data is provided for gangs of Chicago, Los Angeles and Florida, as well as prison gangs, nation sets and racial supremacy groups.
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/gangs/

Aboriginal-based Organized Crime
Criminal Intelligence Service Canada looks at native (Indian) street gangs and their relationships to other criminal entities.
http://www.cisc.gc.ca/annual_reports/annua...

National Youth Gang Center
Branch of the Justice Department specializing in gang research. Site includes a collection of gang-related news items, state-by-state anti-gang legislation, government publications, a GangInfo mailing list for law enforcement professionals.
http://www.iir.com/nygc/

Tookie's Corner
Messages from reformed Crip gang co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams.
http://www.tookie.com/

First Nations Drum: Gangsters Out to Beat The Rap
Article examines street gangs in Winnipeg, Canada, and law enforcement efforts to check their growth.
http://www.firstnationsdrum.com/culture/wi...

Gangs Or Us
Primer on identifying street and prison gangs by former law enforcement officer Robert Walker. Site explains gang culture, slang, graffiti and initiations. It provides background information on regional and race/ethnicity/gender-based gangs.
http://www.gangsorus.com/

Violent Street Gangs in America
Statement of FBI's Steven R. Wiley to Senate Judiciary Committee, 1997. Describes gang structures and practices in various U.S. cities.
http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/taku77/refer/gang.h...

Street Gangs: The View from the Street
Do It Now Foundation pamphlet on the history, causes, types and practices of gangs. Includes a short glossary of gang slang.
http://www.doitnow.org/pages/178.html

Gang Analysis Survey
National Gang Crime Research Center report on the 1996 survey of municipal police departments in the United States regarding gangs.
http://www.ngcrc.com/ngcrc/page8.htm

GangResearch
Site describes various ethnic and racial gangs in U.S. cities and around the world. Focus is on the gangs of Chicago.
http://gangresearch.net/

Sub Topics:
Youth Gangs
Crips
Bloods
Black Gangster Disciples
Latin Kings
Almighty Gaylords
Mara Salvatrucha
Vice Lords
Black Mafia Family
18th Street





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