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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823676503321

Autore

Chin Ko-lin

Titolo

Chinatown gangs : extortion, enterprise, and ethnicity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

0-19-771861-2

1-280-53525-3

9786610535255

0-19-802627-7

0-19-535046-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1996.

Previously issued in print: 2000.

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

This systematic study of New York City's Chinatown gangs uses first-hand data collected from a substantial number of gang victims, gang members, community leaders and law enforcement authorities.