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Chinatown Gangs

Extortion, Enterprise, and Ethnicity

By: Ko-lin Chin

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Chinatown Gangs

Extortion, Enterprise, and Ethnicity

By: Ko-lin Chin

In Chinatown Gangs, Ko-lin Chin penetrates a closed society and presents a rare portrait of the underworld of New York City's Chinatown. Based on first-hand accounts from gang members, gang victims, community leaders, and law enforcement authorities, this pioneering study reveals the pervasiveness, the muscle, the longevity, and the institutionalization of Chinatown gangs. Chin reveals the fear gangs instill in the Chinese community. At the same time, he shows how the economic viability of the community is sapped, and how gangs encourage lawlessness, making a mockery of law enforcement agencies. Ko-lin Chin makes clear that gang crime is inexorably linked to Chinatown's political economy and social history. He shows how gangs are formed to become "equalizers" within a social environment where individual and group conflicts, whether social, political, or economic, are unlikely to be solved in American courts. Moreover, Chin argues that Chinatown's informal economy provides yet another opportunity for street gangs to become "providers" or "protectors" of illegal services. These gangs, therefore, are the pathological manifestation of a closed community, one whose problems are not easily seen--and less easily understood--by outsiders. Chin's concrete data on gang characteristics, activities, methods of operation and violence make him uniquely qualified to propose ways to restrain gang violence, and Chinatown Gangs closes with his specific policy suggestions. It is the definitive study of gangs in an American Chinatown.

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Oxford University Press

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0195350464

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Heijin

Organized Crime, Business, and Politics in Taiwan

By: Ko-lin Chin

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Heijin

Organized Crime, Business, and Politics in Taiwan

By: Ko-lin Chin

Black-gold politics, or heijin, refers to the infiltration of violent racketeers and self-serving businessmen into the political arenas of Taiwan. In Heijin, Ko-Lin Chin examines the structure and illegal activities of organised crime groups in Taiwan and he explores the intricate triangular relationship among businessmen, underworld figures, and government officials and elected deputies. This study adds to our understanding of the social and political contexts of organized crime and the development and impact of black-gold politics in Taiwan.

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284

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M.E. Sharpe

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0765612208

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9780765612205

Reconstructing Chinatown

Ethnic Enclaves and Global Change

By: Jan Lin

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Reconstructing Chinatown

Ethnic Enclaves and Global Change

By: Jan Lin

In the American popular imagination, Chinatown is a mysterious and dangerous place, clannish and dilapidated, filled with sweatshops, vice, and organizational crime. This volume presents a real-world picture of New York City's Chinatown, countering the "orientalist" view by looking at the human dimensions and the larger forces of globalization that make this neighbourhood both unique and broadly instructive.

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274

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452903565

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9781452903569

Chinatown Gangs

Extortion, Enterprise, and Ethnicity

By: Ko-lin Chin

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Extortion, Enterprise, and Ethnicity

By: Ko-lin Chin

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The Truth about Making Out

By: Francess Lin Lantz

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The Truth about Making Out

By: Francess Lin Lantz

Now that best friends Amanda and Leigh are 12, and about to enter middle school, they decide it's time to stop doing immature things and start acting more like teenagers. The only problem is, the girls don't know the first thing about romance. So they decide to spy on their older sisters and their boyfriends to find out exactly what making out means.

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Skylark

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0553158139

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9780553158137

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