GANG RESEARCH IN MILWAUKEE

Full text of "Homeboys, Dope Fiends, Legits, and New Jacks". An typology of adult gang members by John Hagedorn. From Criminology
32:(2): 197-219 (1994)

 


 

Full Text of Chapter One

 

 

Milwaukee is a city in trouble. It's gang problem started in the late 1970s and has not gone away. But there have been three major studies of gangs in that city in the past fifteen years. This page presents much of that research and more.

Click on the picture of the closed gate at the old Allis Chalmers plant to learn more.

Below click on the file cabinets to read research reports on various topics.

Gang Economics

Gang Violence

Female Gangs

Substance Use

Final Reports of the Drug Posse and Homegirl Studies

Books on Milwaukee