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Gangsters - 50 Years of Madness, Drugs, and Death on the Streets of America (Hardcover, New)
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Gangsters - 50 Years of Madness, Drugs, and Death on the Streets of America (Hardcover, New)
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Why young people participate in violent gang behavior The effects
of gang violence are witnessed every day on the streets, in the
news, and on the movie screen. In all these forums, gangs of young
adults are associated with drugs and violence. Yet what is it that
prompts young people to participate in violent behavior? And what
can be done to extract adolescents from the gangster world of
crime, death, and incarceration once they have become involved? In
Gangsters: 50 Years of Madness, Drugs, and Death on the Streets of
America, Lewis Yablonsky provides answers to the most baffling and
crucial questions regarding gangs. Using information gathered from
over forty years of experience working with gang members and based
on hundreds of personal interviews, many conducted in prisons and
in gang neighborhoods, Yablonsky explores the pathology of the
gangsters' apparent addiction to incarceration and death. Gangsters
is divided into four parts, including a brief history of gangs, the
characteristics of gangs, successful approaches for treating
gangsters in prison and the community, and concluding with a review
and analysis of notable behavioral and social scientific theories
of gangs. While condemning their violent behavior in no uncertain
terms, Yablonsky offers hope through his belief that, given a
chance in an effective treatment program, youths trapped in violent
behavior can change their lives in positive ways and, in turn,
facilitate positive change in their communities and society at
large.
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