Gangs, 2nd edition, specifically and sufficiently covers essential gang topics as well as new topics not found in any of the competing books in the marketplace. In addition to the traditional overview of gang history and topics (corrections, law and law enforcement), Gangs, 2nd edition, includes areas omitted or not extensively covered in other gang textbooks: Gangs and Mental Illness; Gangs and Native Americans; Entrepreneurship, Finances, and Gangs; The World of Sports, Athletes; Gangs, Gangs in the U.S. Military; and, Gangs, the Internet, and Social Media.
Gangs, 2nd edition, not only is an appropriate supplement for use in introductory law enforcement, corrections, or justice type courses, but this text can also serve as a primary textbook for a lower or upper-level gang course.
Chapter 1 The Emergence of Gangs in the United States – Then and Now
Chapter 2 Theories of Gangs and Gang Membership
Chapter 3 Gangs and Mental Illness
Chapter 4 Girls and Gangs
Chapter 5 Gangs and Native Americans
Chapter 6 Gangs and the Police
Chapter 7 The Courts and Gangs: Laws, Legislation, and Injunctions
Chapter 8 Corrections: Prison Gangs and STGs
Chapter 9 Entrepreneurship, Finances, and Gangs
Chapter 10 Gangs in the U.S. Military
Chapter 11 The World of Sports, Athletes, and Gangs
Chapter 12 Gangs, the Internet, and Social Media
Chapter 13 Gang Prevention, Intervention, Suppression, and Best Practices
Mario L. Hesse
Mario L. Hesse, PhD is a full, tenured professor at the St. Cloud State University (MN) in the Criminal Justice Studies Department. He earned his PhD in sociology from the South Dakota State University. Mario has extensive experience working in the corrections field with adult community-based programs, in juvenile detention centers, and in the juvenile probation office in Minnesota. Mario has published articles in ACJS Today, Corrections Today, Criminal Justice Review, and the Journal of Gang Research. Currently, Mario is a peer-review editor for the Journal of Gang Research and an associate editor for Forensics Scholars Today. He is also the coauthor of a juvenile justice text book titled Juvenile Justice: The Essentials. Mario is a frequent presenter at the National Gang Crime Research Center annual conference held in Chicago, IL.
Christopher J. Przemieniecki
Christopher J. Przemieniecki, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the West Chester University (PA) in the Department of Criminal Justice. He earned his PhD in Criminal Justice from the University of North Dakota. Christopher has published articles about street gangs and other criminal-justice-related issues in ACJS Today and the Journal of Gang Research and has authored chapters in criminal-justice-related books. Christopher is also a periodic presenter at the National Gang Crime Research Center annual conference and speaks at other gang conferences around the country. Christopher is a member of the Pennsylvania Gang Investigators Association and is a peer-review editor for the Journal of Gang Research.
