Gangs And Their Tattoos: Identifying Gangbangers On The Street And In Prison

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 176 pages
• Published by: Paladin Press November 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1581600992
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1581600995
• Book Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Product Description
In this book, Bill Valentine, author of Gang Intelligence Manual, shares the latest intelligence on the predominant street and prison gangs and other disruptive groups, with particular emphasis on their identifying tattoos. Supplementing the text are scores of detailed illustrations by Correctional Officer Robert Schober that replicate some of the most common tattoos worn by members of each of the groups discussed. This groundbreaking work makes a substantial amount of previously classified information available to the general public for the first time. In addition to presenting the latest intel on white, black, Hispanic and Asian gangs, it also includes new information on groups such as the White Afrikaner Resistance Movement and the Russian Mafia, which add to the mounting challenge faced by those laboring to hold the line against the menace posed by gangs, hate groups and organized crime.

Reader Reviews
"Gangs and Their Tattoos: Identifying Gangbangers on the Street and in Prison", by Bill Valentine & Robert Schober, Paladin Press, CO 2000. ISBN 13: 978-158160-099-5, SC 161 pgs. 6 Chapters and Bibliog. 1 pg. 11" x 8.5". Inveiglements include numerous B&W photographs and large detailed drawings of tattoos & signing (street signals). Authors both experienced correctional officers, twenty and 8 years respectively, for Nevada State Prison, bring expertise to study of gangs in the U.S. Herein they detail the composite of gangs both inside prisons and on the streets, the methodology of gang origin, initiation rituals for membership, gang identification, oaths and activities. The history and composition of prison and street gangs is carefully specified for various gang types that includes White Hate Groups, African American, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, & Russian. Interesting commentary is provided on the origin of gangs, motivations to join, targets of gang members and groups they protect. The various oaths, allegiances, requirements, duties and street signing and gang identifying markings (tattoos) are profusely illustrated. Interpretation of tattoo symbols, numbers, and calligraphy is shown. This book is particularly valuable in having the chronology of U.S. gangs and identifying marks brought together under one cover. It is more than an introduction to gangs for other books can be viewed as supplements to this encompassing, detailed monograph.