Searching for the information was one of the easiest topics that I have done, but only for the Mafia half. When I had to find more current articles about gangs in America I ran into a little bit of a problem with published sources. I couldn't find books any later than the mid 1980s. I found a lot of sources on the internet, but since they were probably just a bunch of pre-teens who were just mesmerized by the gangsta rap I decided not to use those. I instead persuaded an acquaintance to let me interview him. This took care of the rest of the information that was needed to finish the paper, except he didn't want me to use his name. I had to talk with him a few times and promise that I wasn't going to turn this paper into the police, but I wasn't going to use any incrimi

Looking back on what I have learned, I can see that the gangs of today a lot like the earlier days of the Mafia. They both share some of the same practices and strategies for shaking money out of the working class, and they both supply the public with the drugs that our government has prohibited. Maybe this century will bring us some change.

Spergel, Irving. Street Gang Work. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, Inc.. 1966.

Wong, Aaron. Personal Interview. 11 Jan 2001.

Klein, Malcolm W.. Street gangs and Street Workers. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc. 1977.

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