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GIS Gang Territory Files

If you are a regular GIS user or a novice to this powerful tool you can examine the GIS files of Los Angeles gang territories on your own desktop. You can examine the growth of these territories over time and you can compare other type of data sources such as the Census data to these boundary sets. Below is a sample of the 1996 gang boundaries where the legend has differentiated between Bloods and Crips which can be manipulated in ArcView or in the free software Arc Explorer that will accompany these files.

The four shape files, 1960, 1972, 1978, and 1996 gang territories are available on a CD ROM for $299.99 US (plus shipping) and you will also receive ArcExplor to view the data. This data was collected over several months of field work and were the focus of Territoriality Among African American Street Gangs in Los Angeles. These files are available for educational and research puposes and can not be distributed or used for any profit purposes. Please view the copyright guidelines if you plan on acquiring these data sets.

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