Revisting Gangs in the Post-World War II North American City: A Forum/Andrew Diamond's Response to Will Cooley/Will Cooley's Response

Eric Schneider attributes the emergence of gangs after World War II as an outgrowth of changing conceptions of male identity and masculinity between 1940 and 1970. Andrew Diamond, by contrast, believes that ideological and political factors played equally important roles in gang formation during these years. Here, Gilfoyle presents the ongoing discussion regarding the importance of political ideology and social circumstance in gang formation in the postwar North American city.