Studies in Gangs and Cartels

Dr. Robert J. Bunker is Distinguished Visiting Professor and Minerva Chair at the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College. He is also Adjunct Faculty, School of Politics and Economics (SPE), Claremont Graduate University.John P. Sullivan is a career police officer. He is also a senior fellow, Stephenson Disaster Management Institute, Louisiana State University and adjunct researcher, Scientific Vortex Foundation, Bogotá Colombia.

• Preface: Criminology vs. National Security Perspectives in Gang and Cartel Analysis Robert J. Bunker 1. Introduction: Third Generation Gangs and Third Phase Cartels John P. Sullivan SECTION I SOURCE DOCUMENTS 2. The Disaster Within Us: Urban Conflict and Street Gang Violence in Los Angeles John P. Sullivan and Martin E. Silverstein 3. Street Gangs—Future Paramilitary Groups? Robert J. Bunker 4. Epochal Change: War Over Social and Political Organization Robert J. Bunker 5. Third Generation Street Gangs: Turf, Cartels and Netwarriors John P. Sullivan 6. Cartel Evolution: Potentials and Consequences Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan SECTION II MATURING PERSPECTIVES 7. Urban Gangs Evolving As Criminal Netwar Actors John P. Sullivan 8. Drug Cartels, Street Gangs, and Warlords John P. Sullivan and Robert J. Bunker 9. Terrorism, Crime and Private Armies John P. Sullivan 10. Maras Morphing: Revisiting Third Generation Gangs John P. Sullivan 11. Iraq & the Americas: 3 GEN Gangs Lessons and Prospects Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan 12. Child Soldiers: Despair, Barbarization, and Conflict John P. Sullivan 13. Gang, Cartel and State Interactions: An Epochal Warfare Analysis Robert J. Bunker 14. Postscript: Violent Non-State Actors, Gangs and Cartels John P. Sullivan and Robert J. Bunker Appendix 1: Insurgency and Crime Appendix 2: Gang and Cartel Maps Appendix 3: Gang and Cartel Maps (II), to be found on www.