Violent Youth Gangs in Portland: a Study of the City's Response
Youth gangs infiltrated Portland's illegal drug trade in the early 1980s. By the mid-1980s, entire neighborhoods in some parts of the city were affected. Residents expressed fear that their children would be drawn into gangs. Violence between rival gangs was frightening. Citizens, law enforceme...
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PDXScholar
1996
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| Online Access: | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1188 https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2187&context=open_access_etds |