List of Figures

Territoriality Among African-American Street Gangs in Los Angeles
Alex A. Alonso, University of Southern California, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255

1.1 Estimated Gang Members in Los Angeles County, 1980-1998……...……..7

1.2 Los Angeles County Wide Gang-Related Homicides, 1979-1998…………8

2.1 Westside Gangs on the Eastside of the Harbor Freeway………..……….....36

3.1 Black Gang Organization in Los Angeles with Non-hierarchical Click Structure……………………………………………..................................................63

3.2 Invitation to Slauson Village Society Picnic, 1997……………..………....…64

4.1 Major Black Clubs Territories in 1960…………..……..………..…………....79

5.1 Black Gang Territories in Los Angeles County, 1972……..…………….......99

5.2 Black Gang Territories in Los Angeles County, 1978……..…………...…..101

5.3 Black Gang Territories in Los Angeles County, 1996……………………....103

5.4 Black Gang Territory Sizes in 1996……………………………..….......……111

5.5 Top Territorial Size Black Gangs in 1996…………………………………....115

5.6 Gang Areas of South Los Angeles and Surrounding Areas, Including
Number of Gang Territories 1996………………………………………….….....116

5.7 Census Tracts of Los Angeles Eastside and Westside Gangs…..............118

5.8 Black Gangs in Pomona, 1996……………………………………………...123

5.9 Bloods and Crips in Los Angeles County, 1972…………………………....125

5.10 Bloods and Crips in Los Angeles County, 1978………………………,..…126

5.11 Bloods and Crips in Los Angeles County, 1996……………………….…..127

5.12 Black Gangs in Compton and Vicinity, 1996………………….…………...129

5.13 Black Gangs in Inglewood and Vicinity,1996………….……………….......130

5.14 Black Gangs Territories in the Pasadena-Altadena Area in 1996………..131

5.15 Freeways as Territorial Boundaries of Gangs…………………….…..……137

5.16 Railroads as Territorial Boundaries of Gangs………….……………..…139

6.1 Aggressive Graffiti in Los Angeles, 1997-1998……………..…………....145

6.2 Southwest Division of the Los Angeles Police Department…………….…148

6.3 Black Gang Territories in the Southwest Division……………………...….149

6.4 Southwest Area Gang-Related Homicides, 1993-1997………………...…..152

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