Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 172. Not illustrated. Chapters: African American Gangs, Arab American Gangs, Asian American Gangs, Hispanic American Gangs, Irish American Gangs, Italian American Gangs, Jewish American Gangs, Westies, Winter Hill Gang, Bottoms Gang, Crips, Egan's Rats, Nuestra Familia, Venice 13, Supreme Team, Born to Kill, Mullen Gang, United Blood Nation, Black Guerrilla Family, Gopher Gang, Philadelphia Poison Ring, Dead Rabbits, Forty-Two Gang, Culver City Boys 13, Black Disciples, 38th Street Gang, Black Hand, the Purple Gang, Clanton 14, Ragen's Colts, Gangster Disciples, Tap Boyz, Hood 2 Hood: the Blockumentary, White Hand Gang, Asian Boyz, Gustin Gang, Rhodes Gang, Jheri Curls, Fullerton Boys, Golden Dragon Massacre, South Brooklyn Boys, Yiddish Black Hand, 40 Thieves, Maras, Potashes, Black Spades, Charlestown Mob, Bowe Brothers, Yakey Yakes, the Bugs and Meyer Mob, Live Oak Boys, Grady Gang, Varrio Nuevo Estrada, Roach Guards, 19th Street Gang, Kerryonians, D.c. Blacks. Excerpt: The Westies are a predominantly Irish American organized crime association operating from the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan's West Side in New York City. They were most influential from 1965 1986. During this time period, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) Organized Crime Bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and other organized crime experts believe that the Westies murdered 60-100 people. Westies victims were often dismembered and in some cases tortured to death. Despite the long-time presence of Irish-American organized crime in Hell's Kitchen and the notorious generational rise to power in the mid-1960s, the Westies did not receive their title until 1977, from a detective investigating the murder of Genovese crime family affiliated loanshark Charles "Ruby" Stein. According to crime author T.J. English, "Although never comprised of mo...