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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.
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Photographs vividly show sample gang tattoos,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gangs and Their Tattoos: Identifying Gangbangers on the Street and in Prison (Paperback)
In Gangs And Their Tattoos: Identifying Gangbangers On The Street And In Prison, Bill Valentine draws upon his twenty years of experience as a line office for the Nevada Department of Prisons to create an informed and informative reference presenting an overview of street and prison gangs, including their history, structure and common tactics, as well as their 'official' codes of conduct. Also included are street and prison gang signs, code words, and most especially, their various skin tattoos associated as associated with each gang. Illustrations, sketches, and photographs vividly show sample gang tattoos, while the text carefully notes the origin of the most common symbols. Gangs And Their Tattoos is an accurate and very strongly recommended reference for law enforcement, sociologists, youth workers, and anyone else with an personal or professional interest in contemporary gang cultures in or out of prison.
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Gangs and Their Tattoos : Identifying Gangbangers on the Str,
By "onetom3" (Northwest, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gangs and Their Tattoos: Identifying Gangbangers on the Street and in Prison (Paperback)
This book was simply, great. As a Gang Investigator I found this book to be extremely accurate, up-to-date and highly valuable. This book gives you concrete identifiers that have remained constant in some gangs for 20+ years. I have personally seen some of these tattoos on gang members. This is probably THE manual to have if this is your field. You can not get any more specific information outside of the law enforcement relm.
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Highly Disappointed,
By Erin Michael Vondrak "schismatica" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gangs and Their Tattoos: Identifying Gangbangers on the Street and in Prison (Paperback)
The concept behind this book is good enough, but unfortunately, not only is the writing mediocre, but the drawings are subpar and the drive of the book seems to be towards informing frightened people who want to know who, of the people around them, are "gang members" or "dangerous." What's unfortunate is that, for example, dragons and tigers are outlined as "gang" tattoos for Asians with dangerous lifestyles, which, while that is relevant, it is problematic because it is not pointed out that not *all* Asians with those as tattoos are dangerous. I imagine that anyone who is reading this to "identify gangbangers on the street" around them, aside from, say, security guards or similar individuals, will give into fear and judge those around them with tattoos because of what they read in this book. But as I said. The writing has errors in it, such as the constant misspellings of Teotihuacán, and gems like saying that Asians get tattoos of dragons and tigers because those animals are native to Asia. (Tigers, maybe. Dragons? Better wording is in order.)In sum, I have read much better books on the topic and not only because they contained better data, but because they were written and/or illustrated more professionally. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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educational,
By Susan D. Johnson "LawDawg" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gangs and Their Tattoos: Identifying Gangbangers on the Street and in Prison (Paperback)
this book as helped me in my current profession (law enforcement) to identify different gang sets in my middle school and community.
14 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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Gangs and Their Tattoos : Identifying Gangbangers on the Str,
By "onetom3" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gangs and Their Tattoos: Identifying Gangbangers on the Street and in Prison (Paperback)
This book was simply, great. As a Gang Investigator I found this book to be extremely accurate, up-to-date and highly valuable. This book gives you concrete identifiers that have remained constant in some gangs for 20+ years. I have personally seen some of these tattoos on gang members. This is probably THE manual to have if this is your field. You can not get any more specific information outside of the law enforcement relm.
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