Gangs in New York's Chinatown

• NCJ Number: 81729
• Author(s): B L Sung
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 106 pages
• Grant Number(s): 90-C-920
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: Eric Document Reproduction Service; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

A social worker working with delinquent Chinese youth and a former gang member now working in an outreach project characterize gang members and their motivations and describe gang activities.

Abstract

A young Chinese man, not a member of a street gang, talks about life in Chinatown. Two policemen and a Chinatown civic leader also discuss gang-related problems. In addition, information obtained in an interview with two 'hardcore' gang members, and the interviewer's assessment of their comments, are presented. Changes in the character of Chinese youth gangs over the years are evident through these interviews. Some immigration figures and arrest statistics are offered to illustrate these changes. Recommendations for remedying the youth gang problems are addressed to government, community and school officials, and to the youths and their parents. Tables and about 100 references are provided. (Author abstract modified)