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2001 article overviews the resurgence of gang-related violent crime in Los Angeles.
http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/gangs/index.html

Information about a variety of gang types, including warning signs of youth affiliation.
http://www.segag.org/pargde.html

Documentary by John Whitehead about the gang-related murder and suicide of four teenagers in the rural community of Appleton, Wisconsin. Profiles the increasing role of gangs in rural communities around America.
http://www.itvs.org/wannabe

Steve Nawojczyk discusses the dynamics of street gangs, including resources and advice for parents.
http://www.gangwar.com/

Includes information on Crips, Bloods, Folks, People, Prison-based sets, and security threat groups.
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/gangs/index.html

Collection of links to gang-related information in the internet.
http://www.ganginformation.com/

Provides an overview of the history and territories of Los Angeles street gangs from the perspective of a former gang member (now a graduate student).
http://www.streetgangs.com

Symposium/Conference to provide professionals who work with gang members with information about effective strategies to reduce gang-related violence. The Symposium will be held June 10-13, 2002, in Orlando, Florida.
http://www.gangsymposium.org

Information from the FBI reveals how gangs follow family relocation patterns.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9704/23/gangs/index.html

National overview, articles on specific types of gangs and the "National Gang Threat Assessment." Links to local contacts in the U.S.
http://www.nagia.org

A series of 24 articles which profile different aspects of gang membership in Phoenix, Arizona.
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/extra/hardcore/index.html

Section of "Urban Ethnography of Southern California Latino Gangs" that deals specifically with the role of females.
http://www.altenforst.de/faecher/englisch/immi/18.htm

An e-mail based discussion list for law enforcement personnel.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Gangland/

Profiles of the largest organized gangs with memberships numbering in the thousands. Includes tips for parents and concerned community members.
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Communit...etyTips/Gangs/GangAwareness.html

Articles on graffiti, People, Folks, Crips, and Bloods.
http://members.tripod.com/~Carl815/ganginfo.html

Articles on (and links to) Latino street gangs from around the U.S.
http://www.angelfire.com/biz4/stopvarriowar/gps.html

Gang awareness experts providing instruction for law enforcement officers, educators and social workers.
http://www.knowgangs.com/

Identifies gang structure and its leadership, recruitment techniques, and the gang as a criminal enterprise.
http://www.lincolnnet.net/users/lrttrapp/block/gangs101.htm

Includes photos and typical clothes of Crips and Bloods, as well as Hispanic and other gangs.
http://www.gangtattoos.com/

Includes history of street gangs, related news, gang symbols, terminology, structure and signs.
http://gangsta411.com/

Investigative print and radio series. "Twenty years ago, a new kind of prison was taking America by storm. The supermax prison was designed to incapacitate dangerous criminals by locking them down in stark isolation, sometimes for years on end. So have the supermaxes lived up to their promise of stopping violent criminals?"
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/prisongangs/

A federal judge in San Francisco is due to sentence five leaders of a California prison gang. The men have already pleaded guilty to drug dealing, extortion and murder across northern California. What's unusual is that the gang leaders were already serving life sentences in one of America's most secure prisons when they ordered the crimes. [12:56 streaming audio broadcast]
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4525733