Publications

On-Line:

Into The Abyss:
A Personal Journey into the World of Street Gangs
(A comprehensive
source for gang identification and research on the Internet.)

"Into the Abyss" provides in book form, twenty-five chapters with nearly 1,000 pages and over 2,200 external Internet links. The book is formatted to include a comprehensive glossary, a guide to street drugs, resources for teachers, a comprehensive listing of funding for gang related research, links to gang legislation and much more.

More books and reading:

A List of Gang Books and Video - from Great Lakes International Gang Investigators Coalition
Gangs and Society: Alternative Perspectives
edited by Louis Kontos, Luis Barrios, David C Brotherton
Do or Die
By Leon Bing
Harper Perennial Press
Members of America's most notorious street gangs, The Crips and The Bloods speak for themselves.
Gangs And Their Tattoos : Identifying Gangbangers On The Street And In Prison, by Bill Valentine, Paladin Press
Gang Intelligence Manual, Identifying And Understanding Modern-Day Violent Gangs In The United States, by Bill Valentine, Paladin Press
Monster: An Autobigraphy, by Sanyika Shakur aka Monster Kody Scott, Penguin Books
Once a King, Always a King : The Unmaking of a Latin King, Reymundo Sanchez, Chicago Review Press
My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King, by Reymundo Sanchez, Chicago Review Press
Home of the Body Bags, by Terrell "Loko" Wright, Senegal Press
Peace in the Streets: Breaking the Cycle of Gang Violence, by Arturo Hernandez, Child Welfare League of America Press
8 Ball Chics, by Gini Sikes, Anchor Press