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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > crimes in America > sociology of gangs

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sociology of gangs  

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  • The dominant alternative discourse on contemporary gangs arises from criminology, following the criminal turn in gang studies after the 1960s. Large portions of federal, state, and local law enforcement budgets are devoted to gang suppression, and the 2009 Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) report National Gang Threat Assessment attributes as much as 80 percent of crime to gang activity. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Gangs, Sociology of]

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