ISBN10: 0792368444, ISBN13: 9780792368441, [publisher: Springer] Softcover Dordrecht & Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2001. Paperback. xiv, 341 pp. : ill. ; 25 cm Contents : Resolving the Eurogang paradox / Malcolm W. Klein -- The impact of organizational features on gang activities and relationships / Scott Decker -- Globalization, gangs, and collaborative research / John M. Hagedorn -- Advantages of longitudinal research designs in studying gang behavior / Terence P. Thornberry and Pamela K. Porter -- The proliferation of gangs in the United States / G. David Curry -- Young gang members in a school survey / Finn-Aa ge Esbensen and Dana Peterson Lynskey -- Young women's involvement in gangs in the United States : an overview / Jody Miller -- Towards a problem-oriented approach to youth groups in the Hague / Paul Gruter and Peter Versteegh -- Crips in orange : gangs and groups in the Netherlands / Frank van Gemert -- Gangstas or lager louts? Working class street gangs in Manchester / Dennis Mares -- The concept of honor, conflict and violent behavior among youths in Oslo / Inger-Lise Lien -- Street gangs and crime prevention in Copenhagen / Arne Stevns -- Patterns of ethnic violence in a Frankfurt street gang / Hermann Tertilt -- Evolution of delinquent gangs in Russia / Alexander Salagaev -- Youth gangs in France : a socio-ethnographic approach / Maryse Esterle-Hedibel -- Other gang situations in Europe / Malcolm W. Klein -- Group criminality / ...