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American RadioWorks - Locked Down: Gangs In the Supermax
Investigative print and radio series. "Twenty years ago, a new kind of prison was taking America by storm. The supermax prison was designed to incapacitate dangerous criminals by locking them down in stark isolation, sometimes for years on end. So have the supermaxes lived up to their promise of stopping violent criminals?"
Gangsta 411
Includes history of street gangs, related news, gang symbols, terminology, structure and signs.
Gangland
An e-mail based discussion list for law enforcement personnel.
Gang Girls
Section of "Urban Ethnography of Southern California Latino Gangs" that deals specifically with the role of females.
Stop Varrio Warfare
Articles on (and links to) Latino street gangs from around the U.S.
Chicago Police Department: Gang Awareness
Profiles of the largest organized gangs with memberships numbering in the thousands. Includes tips for parents and concerned community members.
CNN: Youth Gangs No Longer Just a Big City Problem
Information from the FBI reveals how gangs follow family relocation patterns.
Florida Department of Corrections: Gangs and Security Threat Group Awareness
Includes information on Crips, Bloods, Folks, People, Prison-based sets, and security threat groups.
GGarner's Gang Information Page
Collection of links to gang-related information in the internet.
Gangs or Us
Provides consultation, training, research, and links to additional information.
Gangstyle
Provides advice help and expression for gangs and their members, also accepts articles and poetry for publication.
2002 OJJDP National Youth Gang Symposium
Symposium/Conference to provide professionals who work with gang members with information about effective strategies to reduce gang-related violence. The Symposium will be held June 10-13, 2002, in Orlando, Florida.
Gang Tatoos
Includes photos and typical clothes of Crips and Bloods, as well as Hispanic and other gangs.
The Coroner's Report
Steve Nawojczyk discusses the dynamics of street gangs, including resources and advice for parents.
Wannabe:
Documentary by John Whitehead about the gang-related murder and suicide of four teenagers in the rural community of Appleton, Wisconsin. Profiles the increasing role of gangs in rural communities around America.
Know Gangs
Gang awareness experts providing instruction for law enforcement officers, educators and social workers.
Gangs 101
Identifies gang structure and its leadership, recruitment techniques, and the gang as a criminal enterprise.
National Alliance of Gang Investigator's Associations
National overview, articles on specific types of gangs and the "National Gang Threat Assessment." Links to local contacts in the U.S.
NPR : Gangs Reach Out of Prison to Commit Crimes
A federal judge in San Francisco is due to sentence five leaders of a California prison gang. The men have already pleaded guilty to drug dealing, extortion and murder across northern California. What's unusual is that the gang leaders were already serving life sentences in one of America's most secure prisons when they ordered the crimes. [12:56 streaming audio broadcast]
Phoenix New Times: Hardcore
A series of 24 articles which profile different aspects of gang membership in Phoenix, Arizona.
Southeastern Connecticut Gang Activities Group
Information about a variety of gang types, including warning signs of youth affiliation.
Time Magazine: L.A.'s Gangs are Back
2001 article overviews the resurgence of gang-related violent crime in Los Angeles.
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