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Books like On Gangs

What to read after On Gangs by Scott H. Decker: 24 titles sharing themes of Children's Studies, Criminology, and Social Science, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Top related books to On Gangs

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of On Gangs.

Flesh and Blood Adolescent Gender Diversity and Violence — James W. Messerschmidt

Flesh and Blood Adolescent Gender Diversity and Violence

James W. Messerschmidt

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Working with Youth Violence The Name.Narrate.Navigate Program — Tamara Blakemore

Working with Youth Violence The Name.Narrate.Navigate Program

Tamara Blakemore

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Violence and Childhood in the Inner City — Joan McCord

Violence and Childhood in the Inner City

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Cries Unheard — Gitta Sereny

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Facing the Monster How One Person Can Fight Child Slavery — Carol Hart Metzker

Facing the Monster How One Person Can Fight Child Slavery

Carol Hart Metzker

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Knowledge and Skills Partnerships in Youth Justice — Jayne Price

Knowledge and Skills Partnerships in Youth Justice

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

The Criminalisation and Exploitation of Children in Care Multi-Agency Perspectives — Julie Shaw

The Criminalisation and Exploitation of Children in Care Multi-Agency Perspectives

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

The Development of Child Protection Law and Policy Children, Risk and Modernities — Kieran Walsh

The Development of Child Protection Law and Policy Children, Risk and Modernities

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Between Good and Ghetto African American Girls and Inner-city Violence — Nikki Jones

Between Good and Ghetto African American Girls and Inner-city Violence

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Organised Sexual Abuse — Michael Salter

Organised Sexual Abuse

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Letters from Juvenile Hall Kids Helping Kids — Eva Fry

Letters from Juvenile Hall Kids Helping Kids

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Abuse in Out-of-home Care Prevention Skills for At-risk Children — Toni Cavanagh Johnson

Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Abuse in Out-of-home Care Prevention Skills for At-risk Children

Toni Cavanagh Johnson

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Les Hauts Murs — Auguste Le Breton

Auguste Le Breton

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Beyond All Evil Two Monsters, Two Mothers, a Love That Will Last Forever — June Thomson

Beyond All Evil Two Monsters, Two Mothers, a Love That Will Last Forever

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun A Personal History of Violence in America — Geoffrey Canada

Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun A Personal History of Violence in America

Geoffrey Canada

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

Child Welfare and Social Policy An Essential Reader — Harry Hendrick

Child Welfare and Social Policy An Essential Reader

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

My Story — Elizabeth Smart

Elizabeth Smart

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology • Social Science

The boy and his gang. — J. Adams Puffer

The boy and his gang.

J. Adams Puffer

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology

The Juvenile Offender Theory, Research and Applications — Robert D. Hoge

The Juvenile Offender Theory, Research and Applications

Themes: Children's Studies • Criminology

Life in the Gang Family, Friends, and Violence — Scott H. Decker

Life in the Gang Family, Friends, and Violence

Scott H. Decker

Themes: Criminology • Social Science

Max and Mia’s Story — Louise Allen

Max and Mia’s Story

Themes: Children's Studies • Social Science

Young Citizens and Political Participation in a Digital Society Addressing the Democratic Disconnect — P. Collin

Young Citizens and Political Participation in a Digital Society Addressing the Democratic Disconnect

Themes: Children's Studies • Social Science

The Boy Crisis Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It — Warren Farrell, Ph.D.

The Boy Crisis Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It

Warren Farrell, Ph.D.

Themes: Children's Studies • Social Science

Generational Gaps in Political Media Use and Civic Engagement From Baby Boomers to Generation Z — Kim Andersen

Generational Gaps in Political Media Use and Civic Engagement From Baby Boomers to Generation Z

Themes: Children's Studies • Social Science

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with On Gangs by Scott H. Decker. Connected by Children's Studies, Criminology, Social Science. Authors featured include James W. Messerschmidt, Tamara Blakemore, Joan McCord, Gitta Sereny, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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