1. Introduction
What exactly is a gang?
Selected examples of single purpose gangs
Selected examples of organized criminal gangs
Drug trafficking organizations
Street gangs
Los Angeles-based or influenced street gangs
Chicago-based or influenced street gangs
Prison gangs
Outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMG)
2. Street gangs
Chicago-based/influenced street gangs
Gangster Disciple Nation
Black Gangsters or New Breed
Latin Kings
Black P. Stone Nation
Vice Lords
Four Corner Hustlers
Maniac Latin Disciples
Chicago Caucasian street gangs
C-Notes
Almighty Gaylords
Popes
Simon City Royals
Los Angeles-based/influenced street gangs
African American street gangs
Bloods
Crips
Hispanic street gangs
Surenos and Nortenos Alliances
18th Street
Florencia 13
Mara Salvatrucha (MS 13)
Avenues
Varrio Azusa 13
Street gangs in Canada
Territories
Provinces
Reading 1. Mexican American youth and adult prison gangs in a changing heroin market
Reading 2. How the street gangs took Central America
Reading 3. Aboriginal gangs and their (dis)placement : contextualizing recruitment, membership, and status
Reading 4. The ballad of Daniel Wolfe
3. Prison gangs
Selected prison gangs
Aryan Brotherhood
Barrio Azteca
The Black Guerilla Family
Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos (HPL)
Mexican Mafia (EME)
Mexikanemi (The Texas Mexican Mafia or EMI)
Nuestra Familia
Public Enemy Number 1
Texas Syndicate (TS)
Reading 1. Blood in, blood out : the violent empire of the Aryan Brotherhood
Reading 2. PEN1 : Public Enemy Number 1 : California's growing racist gang
Reading 3. Vicious cycle : Aryan Circle blamed for two cop killings
Reading 4. The Barrio Azteca trial and the prison gang-cartel interface


4. Outlaw motorcycle gangs
Big five outlaw motorcycle gangs : an introduction
Hells Angels MC (HAMC)
Bandidos MC
Outlaws MC
Pagans MC
Sons of Silence MC
Puppet/support clubs
Independent outlaw motorcycle gangs
Black or interracial one-percent OMGs
Reading 1. Crimes of the big four motorcycle gangs
Reading 2. Coordinated chaos : the psychology and structure of organized crime among one percent bikers
Reading 3. American-based biker gangs : international organized crime
Reading 4. Hells Angels in springtime
5. Drug trafficking organizations
Drug trafficking organizations and cartels
Mexican drug cartels
Reading 1. Drug violence in Mexico : data and analysis from 2001-2009
Reading 2. Fact sheet : Department of Justice efforts to combat Mexican drug cartels
Reading 3. Polarization and sustained violence in Mexico's cartel war
Reading 4. The Mexican drug cartel threat in Central America
6. Dealing with adult criminal gangs and drug trafficking organizations
Investigation and prosecution strategies
RICO and VICAR prosecutions of criminal enterprises
Conclusion
Reading 1. Enterprise theory of investigation
Reading 2. The flexibility of RICO and its use on street gangs engaging in organized crime in the United States
Reading 3. Antigang legislation and its potential impact : the promises and the pitfalls.