Gang Nonfiction

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(364.1 Bos) Schools Under Siege : guns, gangs, and hidden dangers.  By Carl Bosch. This book explores the issues surrounding the growing problem of violence in schools, in both rural and urban areas.

(364.1 Sta) Everything You Need to Know About Street Gangs.  By Evan Stark. This book examines the phenomenon of street gangs, the reasons people join them, the danger they can hold, and ways of avoiding getting involved with them.

(364.1 Voi) Voices from the streets : young former gang members tell their stories.  Photographs, poems, and interviews with former gang members from different regions of the United States depict their experiences.

(364.106 GAN)  Gangs. Provides information and opinions for teenagers on making responsible decisions concerning being involved with a gang.

(364.1066 WOR) Gangs and Crime.  By Richard Worth. Discusses what gangs are, how they have developed in the United States, their involvement in various criminal acts, and how the criminal justice system has dealt with the problem.

(364.1066 Phi) Wallbangin’ : graffiti and gangs in L.A.  By Susan Philips. A study of gangs and graffiti in Los Angeles, presenting a cross-cultural, political approach to the topic of gangs in L.A.: featuring ethnographies of Chicano and African American gangs, primarily as seen through their graffiti: offering a brief review of hip-hop graffiti; and discussing cross-ethnic gang relationships.

(759.1471 Coo) Subway Art.  By Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant. Contains 239 full-color illustrations of subway calligraphy. Discusses its origins, styles, and philosophy of young artists.

(751..7309 Cha) Spraycan Art . By Henry Chalfant and James Prygoff. Describes the evolution of spraycan art from its beginnings, photographing the artists in action as well as their finished works.  Includes artists’ comments.

Fiction & Biography

(FIC Martinez, V. ) Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez. Manny relates his coming of age experience as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone’s struggle.

(921 Gantos, J.) Hole in My Life By Jack Gantos.  The author relates how as a young adult he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college all the while hoping to become a writer.