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A 15 page paper that offers a chapter summary report on each of the ten chapters that comprise the text Youth Gangs in America by R. Sheldon, S. Tracy and W. Brown. Each chapter summary is roughly 1.5 pages long and covers the main points of each section. No additional sources cited.
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15 pages (~225 words per page)
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gangs are not a new social phenomenon, as there are accounts of same-age young people participating in group behavior throughout recorded history. However, the authors go on to say
that deviant youth groups did not exist in the US to any great degree until the nineteenth century. This leads into further, more recent, background description with statistics from the
1980s. This leads into a discussion of the recent growth of gangs in the US, which focuses on the cities of Los Angeles, Milwaukee and Chicago. These representative case studies
offer insight into gang behavior, as the authors link developments in each city to changing social conditions in these environments. These case studies provide further background to understanding the
next discussion, "What Is a Gang?" (Shelden, Trace and Brown 17)(All subsequent citations refer to this source). This definition is further illuminated by the authors discussion of the descriptors used
by the Chicago Police to define gang-related illicit activity. The next section is addresses common stereotypes of gangs and these stereotypes are contrasted against the reality. The final sections of
this chapter address demographic factors, such as the number of gangs, the number of members, where they are located ("Gang Migration") and whether or not there are gangs in rural
areas. As this summation suggests, in this introductory chapter, the authors show that this topic represents a much more complex sociological phenomenon than is generally realized by the public.
They point out the lack of consensus that surrounds how to define "gangs and gang-related crime," and attribute this at least in part to "widely accepted stereotypes of gangs" (24).
However, despite this complexity, the authors offer a concise, yet comprehensive, outline of the topic, define various issues and give the reader sufficient background information to comprehend the remainder of
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