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The American Street Gang

Its Nature, Prevalence, and Control

by Malcolm W. Klein ...

Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
When the Soviet Union collapsed, the White House announced with great fanfare that 100 FBI counterintelligence agents would be reassigned. Their new target: street gangs. Americans--filled with fear of crack-dealing gangs--cheered the decision, as did many big-city police departments. But this highly publicized move could be an experience in futility, suggests Malcolm Klein: for one thing, most ... Read more

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When the Soviet Union collapsed, the White House announced with great fanfare that 100 FBI counterintelligence agents would be reassigned. Their new target: street gangs. Americans--filled with fear of crack-dealing gangs--cheered the decision, as did many big-city police departments. But this highly publicized move could be an experience in futility, suggests Malcolm Klein: for one thing, most
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Gang Cop

The Words and Ways of Officer Paco Domingo

by Malcolm W. Klein ...

Series series Violence Prevention and Policy
Paco Domingo is a street cop, a gang cop, a composite figure derived from criminologist Malcolm Klein's real observations, actual incidents, and verbatim court testimony in over 40 years of police and gang research. Klein, well-known criminologist and police consultant, tells the story of Domingo, who is deeply engaged in battling his street gang opponents. The author points to the dangers in ... Read more

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Paco Domingo is a street cop, a gang cop, a composite figure derived from criminologist Malcolm Klein's real observations, actual incidents, and verbatim court testimony in over 40 years of police and gang research. Klein, well-known criminologist and police consultant, tells the story of Domingo, who is deeply engaged in battling his street gang opponents. The author points to the dangers in
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Street Gang Patterns and Policies

by Malcolm W. Klein, Cheryl L. Maxson ...

Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
In the past two decades, many prevention and suppression programs have been initiated on a national and local level to combat street gangs--but what do we really know about them? Why do youths join them? Why do they proliferate? Street Gang Patterns and Policies is a crucial update and critical examination of our understanding of gangs and major gang-control programs across the nation. Often ... Read more

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In the past two decades, many prevention and suppression programs have been initiated on a national and local level to combat street gangs--but what do we really know about them? Why do youths join them? Why do they proliferate? Street Gang Patterns and Policies is a crucial update and critical examination of our understanding of gangs and major gang-control programs across the nation. Often
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When the Irish Invaded Canada

The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland's Freedom

by Christopher Klein ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

10 hours 14 min

"Christopher Klein's fresh telling of this story is an important landmark in both Irish and American history." —James M. McPhersonJust over a year after Robert E. Lee relinquished his sword, a band of Union and Confederate veterans dusted off their guns. But these former foes had no intention of reigniting the Civil War. Instead, they fought side by side to undertake one of the most fantastical ... Read more

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"Christopher Klein's fresh telling of this story is an important landmark in both Irish and American history." —James M. McPhersonJust over a year after Robert E. Lee relinquished his sword, a band of Union and Confederate veterans dusted off their guns. But these former foes had no intention of reigniting the Civil War. Instead, they fought side by side to undertake one of the most fantastical
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The Eurogang Paradox

Street Gangs and Youth Groups in the U.S. and Europe

Edited by Malcolm Klein, Hans-Jürgen Kerner, Cheryl Maxson, E. Weitekamp ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
The Eurogang Paradox is the first comprehensive collection of original research reports on the status of street gangs and problematic youth groups in Europe, as well as a set of special, state-of-the-art reports on the current status of American street gang research and its implications for the European gang situation. Seven American papers are joined with reports from England, Norway, Sweden, ... Read more

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The Eurogang Paradox is the first comprehensive collection of original research reports on the status of street gangs and problematic youth groups in Europe, as well as a set of special, state-of-the-art reports on the current status of American street gang research and its implications for the European gang situation. Seven American papers are joined with reports from England, Norway, Sweden,
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Studying Youth Gangs

by James F. Short Jr., Brendan D. Dooley, Mark S. Fleisher, John M. Hagedorn, Gina Penly Hall, David S. Kirk, Malcolm W. Klein, Stephen E. Lankenau, Alan J. Lizotte0, David E. Olson1, Andrew V. Papachristos2, Bill Sanders3, Pete Simi4, RolandoVillarreal Sosa5, Irving A. Spergel6, Mercer L. Sullivan7, Terence P. Thornberry8, Kwai Ming Wa9, Robert White0 ...

Series series Violence Prevention and Policy
In this absorbing new collection, Short and Hughes and their distinguished coauthors investigate why and how we study youth gangs. Over the last half-century of research by criminologists, sociologists, and gang experts, investigations of gang behavior have become increasingly specialized and isolated from studies of delinquency and deviance. The authors challenge popular and inaccurate ... Read more

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In this absorbing new collection, Short and Hughes and their distinguished coauthors investigate why and how we study youth gangs. Over the last half-century of research by criminologists, sociologists, and gang experts, investigations of gang behavior have become increasingly specialized and isolated from studies of delinquency and deviance. The authors challenge popular and inaccurate
... Read more
European Street Gangs and Troublesome Youth Groups

by Francesca Angelini, Paul Bradshaw, Yngve Carlsson, Finn-Aage Esbensen, Mark S. Fleisher, Uberto Gatti, Hans-Juergen Kerner, Malcolm W. Klein, Inger-Lise Lien, Gilberto Marengo, Natalia Melchiorre, Kerstin Reich, Alexander Salagaev, Marcello Sasso, Alexander Shashkin, Irina Sherbakova, Elias Touryanskiy, Frank van Gemert, Elmar G. M. Weitekamp ...

Series series Violence Prevention and Policy
Although a well-known phenomenon in the U.S., street gangs and other violent and criminal groups_including racist groups_exist also in European cities and countries, and are of increasing concern in global law enforcement. The eminent contributors to this volume present valuable new data on European youth gangs, describing important characteristics of these groups, and their similarities and ... Read more

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Although a well-known phenomenon in the U.S., street gangs and other violent and criminal groups_including racist groups_exist also in European cities and countries, and are of increasing concern in global law enforcement. The eminent contributors to this volume present valuable new data on European youth gangs, describing important characteristics of these groups, and their similarities and
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Decade of Disunion

How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861

by Robert W. Merry ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

16 hours 49 min

With “characteristic wisdom and grace” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) Robert W. Merry explores a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever demonstrating how the country came apart during the enveloping slavery crisis of the 1850s.The Mexican War brought vast new territories to the United States, which precipitated a growing crisis over slavery. The new ... Read more

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With “characteristic wisdom and grace” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) Robert W. Merry explores a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever demonstrating how the country came apart during the enveloping slavery crisis of the 1850s.The Mexican War brought vast new territories to the United States, which precipitated a growing crisis over slavery. The new
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T2 Trainspotting

by Irvine Welsh ...

Narrated by Tam Dean Burn Burn ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Trainspotting Novels
Unabridged

20 hours 56 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.Now a major film directed by Danny Boyle reuniting the cast of Trainspotting**Years on from Trainspotting Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. However, to realise his ambitions ... Read more

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**Brought to you by Penguin.Now a major film directed by Danny Boyle reuniting the cast of Trainspotting**Years on from Trainspotting Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. However, to realise his ambitions
... Read more
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The Paranoid Style in American Politics

by Richard Hofstadter ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Unabridged

10 hours 44 min

This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs. In The Paranoid Style in American Politics, acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence—and derail—the larger agendas ... Read more

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This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs. In The Paranoid Style in American Politics, acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence—and derail—the larger agendas
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The Invisible Spy

Churchill's Rockefeller Center Spy Ring and America’s First Secret Agent of World War II

by Thomas Maier ...

Narrated by Stephen Graybill ...

Unabridged

12 hours 49 min

The untold WWII story of a former NFL player turned White House insider who worked with Churchill’s undercover agents in New York City to conduct the biggest foreign spy operation ever within the US, and inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond, for fans of Ben Macintyre and Erik Larson.As a tough but smart Italian American kid, Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in ... Read more

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The untold WWII story of a former NFL player turned White House insider who worked with Churchill’s undercover agents in New York City to conduct the biggest foreign spy operation ever within the US, and inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond, for fans of Ben Macintyre and Erik Larson.As a tough but smart Italian American kid, Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in
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Dangerous Rhythms

Jazz and the Underworld

by T. J. English ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Unabridged

15 hours 9 min

From T. J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20****th century America.""[A] brilliant and courageous book."" —Dr. Cornel WestDangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America’s most notorio ... Read more

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From T. J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20****th century America.""[A] brilliant and courageous book."" —Dr. Cornel WestDangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America’s most notorio
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