The American Street Gang: Its Nature, Prevalence, and ControlWhen the Soviet Union collapsed, the White House announced with great fanfare that 100 FBI counterintelligence agents would be reassigned. Their new target: street gangs. Americans filled with fear of crack dealing gangs cheered the decision, as did many big city police departments. But this highly publicized move could be an experience in futility, suggests Malcolm Klein: for one thing, most street gangs have little to do with the drug trade. The