People and Folks

, by Hagedorn, John M.

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ISBN: 9780941702461 | 0941702464
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Copyright: 1/1/1998

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Tables and Charts

(2)

Preface to the Second Edition

xiii

(4)

Preface

xvii

(2)

Acknowledgements

xix

Introduction: Gangs and the Underclass A Comparative Perspective

(16)

Joan Moore

What do we mean by "gang"?

(2)

What do we mean by "underclass"?

(2)

The possible relation between gangs and underclass

(1)

How did the Chicano gangs emerge in Los Angeles?

(2)

How do Milwaukee gangs compare with Los Angeles gangs?

(3)

Milwaukee and Los Angeles: gangs and the future

(2)

Gangs in "new" cities and old

(3)

1 What We Don't Know About Gangs

(18)

Scope of the problem

(1)

Gangs, denial and the images of modern cities

(2)

Gangs and the media

(1)

Task forces, race and the underclass

(2)

Too much theory, too few facts

(2)

The Milwaukee Gang Research Project

(3)

Talking to the "Top Dogs"

(2)

What can we learn from Milwaukee's Gangs?

(4)

2 What Happened to the Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous?

(16)

Demographics: from polka to breakdance

(2)

Economics: from white working class to black underclass

(3)

Education: from learning to labor, to not learning at all

(3)

From ethnic power to black powerlessness

(2)

Conclusion: the need for reexamination

(4)

3 How Do Gangs Get Started?

(28)

What we know about how 1980s gangs began

(1)

Thrasher and the subculturists

(2)

Breakdancing and fighting: 1980-1983

(7)

How the gangs grew

(3)

How Milwaukee's gangs came to identify with Chicago's gangs

(10)

"Satellite gangs"

(4)

4 How Do Gangs Get Organized?

(28)

Back to Thrasher, one more time

(2)

What do Milwaukee's gangs look like?

(8)

The activities of a gang

(2)

David's story

(3)

Are there "fighting gangs," "criminal gangs," and "drug-using gangs"?

(2)

Hustling, drugs and survival

101

(2)

Organized crime and Milwaukee gangs

103

(2)

Conclusion: the formation process of Milwaukee's gangs

105

(4)

5 Poor, Black and Twenty-One

109

(22)

The underclass and the liberal-conservative debate

111

(3)

Family decline

114

(2)

The gang founders

116

(8)

Profile of the founding group

124

(2)

Education

126

(1)

Summary: a generation on its way down

127

(4)

6 Desegregation, Alienation, and Gangs in Milwaukee

131

(18)

Desegregation and Milwaukee gangs

133

(1)

Gangs and neighborhoods

134

(1)

Kids without neighborhoods

135

(3)

Al Capone and Martin Luther King

138

(3)

Gangs and Drugs

141

(2)

Gang violence

143

(1)

Alienation and community-based institutions

144

(3)

When community controls are lacking, the police are never far away

147

(2)

7 Out of Sight, Out of Mind

149

(22)

Stages in Milwaukee: Stage I. "We couldn't have gangs here": 1981-1984

151

(2)

Liberals and denial

153

(2)

Stage II. "We do have gangs!" 1984-1985

155

(3)

Stage III. Out of sight, out of mind: 1985-?

158

(5)

So where do we go from here?

163

(3)

A Practical Agenda

166

(5)

8 What Happened to the People and Folks? Postscript 1997

171

(46)

The Milwaukee Drug Posse and Homegirl Studies

173

(3)

Social Science and the Impact of Economic Restructuring

176

(1)

Female Gangs and the Stability of Gender Roles

177

(2)

The Influence of Mainstream American Culture

179

(2)

Are Underclass Neighborhoods Disorganized?

181

(2)

The Impact of Economic Restructuring on Milwaukee Gang Members

183

(17)

1. What Happened to the People and Folks?

183

(5)

Women Take a Different Path

186

(2)

2. The Dark Side of the American Dream

188

(10)

Women Talk about their Lives

193

(3)

New Jacks and Violence

196

(2)

3. The Drug Business and Social Disorganization

198

(2)

Gang Drug Selling Organization and Poor Neighborhoods

200

(4)

Violence and the Rise of the Illicit Economy

204

(4)

Violence and the Status of New Organizations

208

(1)

The Path Ahead

209

(1)

Public Policy as Warfare

210

(5)

Concluding Note

215

(2)

Appendices

217

(14)

Notes

231

(21)

References

252

(23)

Index

275

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