NCJ Number
42039
Date Published
1976
Length
205 pages
Annotation
THIS PHD THESIS DESCRIBES THE IN'S AND OUT'S OF GANG LIFE IN PHILADELPHIA'S BLACK COMMUNITIES.
Abstract
BLACK GANGS HAVE LONG EXISTED IN PHILADELPHIA, EVEN WHEN THEY HAD FADED AND THEN RESURGED AGAIN IN OTHER CITIES. DESCRIPTIONS ARE GIVEN OF THE VARIOUS TITLES THAT ARE GIVEN TO GANG MEMBERS. THE ROLE OF THE GANG IN THE LIFE OF BLACK ADOLESCENTS IS PORTRAYED. THE NEED FOR IDENTITY THAT THE GANG REPRESENTS COMES THROUGH IN SEVERAL INTERVIEWS WITH GANG AND EX-GANG MEMBERS. THE JARGON OF THE GANG, AND OF BLACK SUBCULTURE IS DESCRIBED. ...BDS