Karen L. Kinnear - Gangs: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

Books in the Contemporary World Issues series address vital issues in today's society such as terrorism, sexual harassment, homelessness, AIDS, gambling, animal rights, and air pollution. Written by professional writers, scholars, and nonacademic experts, these books are authoritative, clearly written, up-to-date, and objective. They provide a good starting point for research by high school and college students, scholars, and general readers, as well as by legislators, businesspeople, activists, and others.

Each book, carefully organized and easy to use, contains an overview of the subject; a detailed chronology; biographical sketches; facts and data and/or documents and other primarysource material; a directory of organizations and agencies; annotated lists of print and nonprint resources; and an index.

Readers of books in the Contemporary World Issues series will find the information they need in order to better understand the social, political, environmental, and economic issues facing the world today.

Copyright 1996 by Karen L. Kinnear

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kinnear, Karen L.
Gangs: a reference handbook / Karen L. Kinnear.
p. cm. - (Contemporary world issues)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87436-821-9 (alk. paper)
1. Gangs-United States-Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.
II. Series.
HV6439.U7K55 1996
364.1 '06'60973-dc20

01 00 99 98
10 9 8 7 6 5 4

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