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I. Definitions : a struggle for understanding. The logic of definition in criminology : purposes and methods for defining "gangs" / by Richard A. Ball and G. David Curry
The definition and measurement of "gang status" : policy implications for juvenile justice / by L. Thomas Winfree, Jr. .. [et al.]
Gang crime and law enforcement recordkeeping / by G. David Curry, Richard A. Ball, and Robert J. Fox. II. Theories : a search for explanation. Social learning theory, self-reported delinquency, and youth gangs : a new twist on a general theory of crime and delinquency / by L. Thomas Winfree, Jr., Teresa Vigil Bäckström, and G. Larry Mays
Crime, youth gangs, and urban transition : the social dislocations of postindustrial economic development / by Pamela Irving Jackson
Age, social context, and street gang membership : are "youth" gangs becoming "adult" gangs? / by James R. Lasley
Perceived blocked opportunity as an explanation of delinquency among lower-class Black males : a research note / by Ronald L. Simons and Phyllis A. Gray.

III. The demographics of gangs : gender, race, and ethnicity. Self definition by rejection : the case of gang girls / by Anne Campbell
Cholas, Mexican-American girls, and gangs / by Mary G. Harris
Gang involvement and delinquency among Hispanic and African-American adolescent males / by G. David Curry and Irving A. Spergel
Los cholos : legal processing of Chicano gang members / by Marjorie S. Zatz
Patterns of Chinese gang extortion / by Ko-Lin Chin, Jeffrey Fagan, and Robert J. Kelley
A short history of Asian gangs in San Francisco / by Calvin Toy. IV. Gang activity : drugs and violence. Gangs, drugs, and delinquency in a survey of urban youth / by Finn-Aage Esbensen and David Huizinga
"Crack," street gangs, and violence / by Malcolm W. Klein, Cheryl L. Maxson, and Lea C. Cunningham
Differences between gang and nongang homicides / by Cheryl L. Maxson, Margaret A. Gordon, and Malcolm W. Klein
Gang homicide, delinquency, and community / by G. David Curry
Routine activities and a subculture of violence : a study of violence on the street / by Leslie W. Kennedy and Stephen W. Baron.

V. Different contexts, different gangs. Women in outlaw motorcycle gangs / by Columbus B. Hopper and Johnny Moore
A comparative analysis of prison gang members, security threat group inmates, and general population prisoners in the Texas Department of Corrections / by Robert S. Fong and Ronald E. Vogel
The threat of the Jamaican posses to the United States in the 1990s / by Ronald A. Pincomb and Daniel L. Judiscak. VI. Gang policies : prevention, intervention, and enforcement. Community organization and gang policy response / by G. David Curry and Rodney W. Thomas
Gangs, neighborhoods, and public policy / by John M. Hagedorn
The police and social threat : urban transition, youth gangs, and social control / by Pamela Irving Jackson
Street gangs and preventive interventions / by David W. Thompson and Leonard A. Jason
Deviant adolescent subcultures : assessment strategies and clinical interventions / by Cynthia M. Clark.

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