Gang Book Review

Select a non-fiction book related to gangs. You will write an analysis of the book in 500-750 words. Be sure to give information about the book you select. Your analysis needs to address the following:

· What is the author's argument?

· What information does the author provide to support his/her argument?

· Is the information convincingly supportive of the argument?

· How does this book compare with other criminal justice books you might have read?

· How does the book read, taking into consideration style elements such as word choice, sentence structure, paragraph construction, and overall organization?

· How do these style elements affect the clarity with which the author communicates his/her ideas? Give examples.

· Would you recommend this book to other classes?

Write the review in 500-750 words in a Word document in APA style. Book examples below. You can use one if you want or choose your own

Jumped In: What the Gangs Taught Me about Violence, Drugs, Love, and Redemption (2012)

• Lady Q: The rise and fall of a Latin Queen (2008)

• I am Raymond Washington (2015)

• My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King (2000)

• Blue Rage, Black Redemption: A Memoir (2004)

• Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets (2008)

• Street Life: Poverty, Gangs and a PhD (2011)

• People and Folks: Gangs, Crime and the Underclass in a Rustbelt City (1988)

• A Nation of Lords: The Autobiography of the Vice Lords (1993)

• The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang (2011)

• The Black Klansman (2015)

• Born and Raised in the Streets of Compton (2014)

• Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member (1993)

• Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang (2005)

• The Triangle: A Year on the Ground with New York's Bloods and Crips (2014)

• Blood in the Fields: Ten Years Inside California's Nuestra Famiia Gang (2014)

• The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld (2002)

• The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld (1926/2008)

• Chicago Based Gangs: Beyond Folks & People (2015)

• Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A (1993)

• Hell's Angel: The Autobiography Of Sonny Barger (2001)

• Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (2006)

• Down on the Yard: A Memoir About Crime and Gangs Inside the California Prison System (2014)

• Riding on the Edge: A Motorcycle Outlaw's Tale (2011)

• Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: My Infiltration of America's Deadliest Biker Gangs (2014)

• The Gang: A Study of 1,313 Gangs in Chicago (1927/2013)