TERRORISM: COMMENTARY ON SECURITY DOCUMENTS VOLUME 115 Gangs, Terrorism, and International Disorder

Volume 115 of Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents, Gangs, Terrorism, and International Disorder discusses the growing impact criminal groups have had on national and international security systems. As the nexus between gangs and terrorist groups becomes stronger, this volume will help analysts and governments better defend against their threats.

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

THE GANG PHENOMENON

Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.

DOCUMENT NO. 1: History of Street Gangs in the United States, James C. Howell and John P. Moore, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice Washington, D.C., May 2010

DOCUMENT NO. 2: Street Gangs: the New Urban Insurgency, Max G. Manwaring, Carlisle Barracks, PA, March 2005

DOCUMENT NO. 3: National Gang Threat Assessment 2009, National Gang Intelligence Center and the National Drug Intelligence Center, Washington, D.C., January 2009

DOCUMENT NO. 4: Property Abatements: the other Gang Injunction, Project T.O.U.G.H, Jonathan Cristall, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice Washington, D.C., September 2009

GANGS AND INTERNATIONAL DISORDER

Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.

DOCUMENT NO. 5: A Contemporary Challenge to State Sovereignty: Gangs and other Illicit Transnational Criminal Organizations in Central America, El Salvador, Mexico, Jamaica, and Brazil, Max G. Manwaring, Carlisle Barracks, PA, December 2007

DOCUMENT NO. 6: State and Nonstate Associated Gangs: Credible "Midwives of New Social Orders, Max G. Manwaring, Carlisle Barracks, PA, May 2009

DOCUMENT NO. 7: International Terrorism and Transnational Crime: Security Threats, U.S. Policy, and Considerations for Congress, John Rollins and Liana Sun Ayler, Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C., March 18, 2010

THE MEXICAN ZETAS AND SOUTHWEST BORDER ISSUES

Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.

DOCUMENT NO. 8: A "New" Dynamic in the Western Hemisphere Security Environment: the Mexican Zetas and other Private Armies, Max G. Manwaring, Carlisle Barracks, PA, September 2009

DOCUMENT NO. 9: Southwest Border Violence: Issues in Identifying and Measuring Spillover Violence, Jennifer E. Lake, et al., Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C., February 16, 2010

ORGANIZED CRIME IN IRAQ

Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.

DOCUMENT NO. 10: Criminals, Militias, and Insurgents: Organized Crime in Iraq, Phil Williams, Carlisle Barracks, PA, June 2009