Chinatown gangs : extortion, enterprise, and ethnicity
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| Autore: |
Chin Ko-lin
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| Titolo: |
Chinatown gangs : extortion, enterprise, and ethnicity
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.1066097471 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Chinatown gangs |
| ISBN: | 0-19-771861-2 |
| 1-280-53525-3 | |
| 9786610535255 | |
| 0-19-802627-7 | |
| 0-19-535046-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823676503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in crime and public policy.