The Mexican Mafia
2007TONY RAFAEL
The definitive account of La EMe's stranglehold on Southern California. Rafael traces the gang from its prison origins to its street-level empire.
Direct subject coverage
FURTHER READING
The case file extends.
Essential reading that shaped the research behind Where Evil Dwells. Each work illuminates a different angle of the prison-gang crisis.
The Gangs of Los Angeles
2011WILLIAM DUNN
A former LAPD officer's inside perspective on the street gangs that served as La EMe's distribution network and enforcement arm.
LAPD perspective
Blood In, Blood Out
2012JOHN LEE BROOK
The most detailed examination of the Aryan Brotherhood ever published, drawn from court transcripts and confidential sources.
AB deep-dive
Tattoos of the Heart
2010FR. GREG BOYLE
The spiritual counter-narrative to the gang world. Boyle's Homeboy Industries offers the human side that Taylor's investigation documents.
Counter-narrative
California Department of Corrections: Strategic Plan
2004CDCR
Official state response to the prison-gang crisis. This document reveals the bureaucratic inertia that Taylor critiques throughout his book.
Policy context
The New Jim Crow
2010MICHELLE ALEXANDER
Alexander's framework of mass incarceration provides the structural analysis that underpins Taylor's on-the-ground reporting.
Structural analysis
6 WORKS CITED IN RESEARCH