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Petrone, Frank M. – 1997
This manual is a comprehensive guide to identifiers of gang activities and memberships. The "People" and "Folks" concepts it uses represent the two main divisions of street gang affiliation. Gangs that belong to the "People" nation use the left side as an identifier, use a five-pointed star as an emblem, and claim…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Group Membership, Identification, Juvenile Gangs
Ponce, Ernest, Comp. – 1990
This handbook provides information about gangs for education professionals working with immigrants. As the introduction makes clear, gangs are one of the many problems that newly arrived immigrants face in their neighborhoods and at school in the United States. Following the introduction, the first section describes the types of gangs including…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Youth, Crime, Delinquency
