Includes index. 2 week loan to Police Studies students.

Innocence lost: how street gangs have taken root in Canada -- Gangsta girls: the troubling role of females in gangs -- Uncle Sam: playing the guns and gangs blame game -- Gang chic: popular culture and the glamorization of gangs -- Show me the money: street-gang economics 101 -- On the front lines: how police can investigate and suppress street gangs -- Gladiator school: gangs and the Canadian correctional system -- Stemming the tide: preventing future gang activity -- How to starve gangs of oxygen: drug legalization and the reduction of street gangs -- It begins at home: keeping children safe from street gangs.