Street Gangs

 
Papachristos has been working with gangs and gang members for more than 15 years. In the 1990s, before returning to graduate school, Papachristos worked as a gang outreach worker with several community groups in Chicago. His research focuses on the group processes involved in gang behaviors, especially how the interactions among and between gangs and gang members create enduring social networks. In addition to his continued research in Chicago, Papachristos has recently begun a study of gangs in Boston with David Hureau (Harvard). Papachristos is also working on a manuscript projected entitled, Street Organization: The Rise and Fall of a Corporate Street Gang. Selected Publications - “Murder by Structure: The Social Structure of Gang Homicide,” American Journal of Sociology. volume 115 number 1. (2009). Click here for a pdf copy “Interpreting Inkblots: Deciphering and Doing Something about Modern Street Gangs,” Criminology and Public Policy, volume 4 number 3. (2005). Click here for a pdf copy “Gang World.” (2005). Foreign Policy. (March/April). Click here for a pdf copy “Social Network Analysis and Gang Research: Theory and Methods,” In Studying Youth Gangs (edited by James F. Short and Lorine Hughes). (2006). Click here for a pdf copy Street_Gangs_files/ajs_final_version.pdfStreet_Gangs_files/CPP_final_2005_n3.pdfStreet_Gangs_files/Papachristos_foreignpolicy.pdfStreet_Gangs_files/Papachristos_networkchapter.pdfshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3

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