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So there is WP:RSed coverage via newspapers.com especially starting from around June 1977 and from the Schaumburg Police Department educational pamphlet on street gangs. Surely, any city police department with a gang unit would most likely have material on them.

And in books:

many more...

There's:

~~https://www.chicagoganghistory.com/gang/insane-spanish-cobras/ site by a guy who says he's interested in / researching 20th century gangs~~
https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/05/06/gang-war-to-blame-for-string-of-shootings-in-hermosa-west-logan-square-police-say/
https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/the-printed-relics-of-chicagos-predigital-gangland/
https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/2011-national-gang-threat-assessment

Perennial crime coverage, and stay tuned for more to come!

And this:

Also in research work by scholars:

41 Crime L. & Soc. Change 53 (2004) Forging the vacancy chain: Law enforcement efforts and mobility in criminal economies, Friman, H. Richard [ 26 pages, 53 to 78 ]
"Gang Prosecutions" (PDF). Retrieved September 30, 2023. The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 15:58, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]