<DIV>"Vivid, lively, and yet theoretically informed, a triumph of patient and sustained fieldwork. . . . Jankowski presents the gang and its members not as pathological departures from social norms, but as shrewd and resourceful operators."--Michael Lipsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br><br>"<i>Islands in the Street</i> fills a wide gap in the literature on gangs. Jankowski's innovative model of gang participation and organization is important and elegant, guaranteeing that this will be <i>the</i> book on gangs for the next ten years, if not longer."--Ruth Horowitz, University of Delaware<br><br></div>