The Growth of Youth Gang Problems in the United States: 1970-98 : Report
The last quarter of the 20th century was marked by significant growth in youth gang problems across the U.S. Miller and his collaborators have compiled a comprehensive study of the growth of young gang problems in the U.S. from 1970 to 1998. Chapters: an explosion of youth gang problems in the U.S. (scope of the report, terms and definitions, groups not counted as youth gangs, data collection and analysis, data sources, and topics); gang localities in the U.S.: a quarter-century summary; gang cities; gang counties; regional trends in gang cities; trends in size of gang cities; summary and explanations; trend prospects for gang localities; and 1998 update of selected data. Charts and tables.