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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458620103321

Autore

Chin Ko-lin

Titolo

Chinatown gangs [[electronic resource] ] : extortion, enterprise, and ethnicity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-280-53525-3

9786610535255

0-19-802627-7

0-19-535046-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Studies in crime and public policy

Disciplina

364.1066097471

Soggetti

Chinese American gangs - New York (State) - New York

Chinese American teenagers - New York (State) - New York

Chinese American criminals - New York (State) - New York

Extortion - New York (State) - New York

Electronic books.

Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Research Strategies and Methods; 3 Severity of Gang Victimization; 4 Patterns of Gang Extortion; 5 Victim Reactions to Gang Extortion; 6 Gang Characteristics; 7 Gang Violence; 8 The Gang as an Enterprise; 9 Controlling Chinese Gangs; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

1. Introduction. 2. Research Strategies and Methods. 3. Severity of Gang Victimization. 4. Patterns of Gang Extortion. 5. Victim Reactions to Gang Extortion. 6. Gang Characteristics. 7. Gang Violence. 8. The Gang as a Enterprise. 9. Controlling Chinese Gangs