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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Law
ISBN : PSU:000065526613
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Crime prevention
ISBN : PURD:32754068495088
Author : J. Robert Flores
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781437929263
Provides guidance for communities that are considering how best to address a youth gang problem that already exists or threatens to become a reality. The guidance is based on the Model developed through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). This Report describes the research that produced the Model, notes essential findings from evaluations of several programs demonstrating the Model in a variety of environments, and outlines ¿best practices¿ obtained from practitioners with years of experience in planning, implementing, and overseeing the Model in their communities. Includes specific practices that work best in a step-by-step planning and implementation process for communities using the Model. Illus.
Author : Eileen R. Larence
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781437919776
The Dept. of Justice (DoJ) estimates that the U.S. has about a million gang members. While state and local agencies have primary responsibility for combating gang crime, the fed. gov¿t. has key roles to enforce laws and help fund programs to provide alternatives to gang membership for at-risk youth. This report examines fed. efforts to combat gang crime. It addresses: (1) the roles of DoJ and the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) in combating gang crime and the extent to which DoJ and DHS agencies coordinate their efforts with each other and state and local agencies; (2) the extent to which DoJ and DHS measure their gang enforcement efforts; and (3) how fed. funding is used to administer or support activities to reduce gang-related crime.
Author : Pyrooz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 921 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780197618158
"The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society is the premier reference book on gangs for practitioners, policymakers, students, and scholars. This carefully curated volume contains 43 chapters written by the leading experts in the field, who advance a central theme of "looking back, moving forward" by providing state-of-the-art reviews of the literature they created, shaped, and (re)defined. This international, interdisciplinary collective of authors provides readers with a rare tour of the field in its entirety, expertly navigating thorny debates and the at-times contentious history of gang research, while simultaneously synthesizing flourishing areas of study that advance the field into the 21st century. The volume is divided into six cohesive sections that reflect the diverse field of gang studies and capture the large-scale cultural, economic, political, and social changes occurring within the world of gangs in the last century; anticipating immense changes on the horizon. From definitions to history to theory to epistemology to technology to policy and practice, this unprecedented volume captures the most timely and important topics in the field. When readers finish this book, they will be more confident in what we know and do not know about gangs in our society"--
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Crime prevention
ISBN : OCLC:1228845731
Author : Charles M. Katz,Vincent J. Webb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1139448277
Policing Gangs in America describes the assumptions, issues, problems, and events that characterize, shape, and define the police response to gangs in America today. The focus of this 2006 book is on the gang unit officers themselves and the environment in which they work. A discussion of research, statistical facts, theory, and policy with regard to gangs, gang members, and gang activity is used as a backdrop. The book is broadly focused on describing how gang units respond to community gang problems, and answers such questions as: why do police agencies organize their responses to gangs in certain ways? Who are the people who elect to police gangs? How do they make sense of gang members - individuals who spark fear in most citizens? What are their jobs really like? What characterizes their working environment? How do their responses to the gang problem fit with other policing strategies, such as community policing?
Author : Scott H. Decker,David C. Pyrooz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118726877
Pulling together the most salient, current issues in the field today, The Handbook of Gangs provides a significant assessment by leading scholars of key topics related to gangs, gang members, and responses to gangs. • Chapters cover a wide array of the most prominent issues in the field of gangs, written by scholars who have been leaders in developing new ways of thinking about the topics • Delivers cutting-edge reviews of the current state of research and practice and addresses where the field has been, where it is today and where it should go in the future • Includes extensive coverage of the individual theories of delinquency and provides special emphasis on policy and prevention program implications in the study of gangs • Offers a broad understanding of how other countries deal with gangs and their response to gangs, including Great Britain, Latin America, Australia and Europe • Chapters covering the legacies of four pioneers in gang research—Malcolm W. Klein, Walter B. Miller, James F. Short Jr., and Irving A. Spergel
Author : Mark Douglas Totten,British Columbia. Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General,British Columbia. Victim Services and Crime Prevention Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Crime prevention
ISBN : 0772659656
In 2007, the British Columbia Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General?s Victim Services and Crime Prevention Division in partnership with the Inter-Ministry Committee on the Prevention of Youth Violence and Crime received funding from Canada's National Crime Prevention Centre to lead the implementation of the Preventing Youth Gang Violence in B.C.: A Comprehensive and Coordinated Provincial Action Plan. The initiative consists of a four year strategy that aims to provide support for youth gang prevention initiatives at both the community and provincial levels. The Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Victim Services and Crime Prevention Division funded the Promising Practices for Addressing Youth Involvement in Gangs research report as part of the four year prevention strategy. This research report provides clear guidelines on evidence-based practices. The focus of this report is on young people aged 12? 20 years.
Author : Amanda Hiber
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780737767834
More than eighty percent of American cities with a population of 100,000 or more report gang activity. Most of these gangs are made up of members who are eight to twenty-two years old. These statistics point to a larger unfortunate truth, at some point, our youth will have an encounter or an experience with gangs. It is important that they understand this world and how it operates. This collection of essays helps readers navigate the issues. Readers will analyze whether gangs are a growing suburban problem, if gang activity is increasing among girls, the role of immigration and gang activity, and measures that reduce gang involvement. Colorful photographs, charts, graphs, and images reinforce the text and present essential data.
Author : Maureen P. Duffy,Scott E. Gillig
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780313052835
Teen gangs are a hot issue in the United States. This volume shows the international scope of the phenomenon today. Gang activity in 14 countries, including the United States, is discussed within the larger framework of social and economic conditions. Each chapter explains the nature of the gang activity in that country; touches on the causes, such as poverty, marginalization, and self-identity problems; and heavily emphasizes the responses, including education and community-based intervention. Students and researchers will find a wealth of current information on teen gangs to mine and use for comparisons.
Author : James C. Howell,Elizabeth Griffiths
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483379746
Gangs in America's Communities offers a comprehensive, up-to-date, and theoretically grounded approach to gangs and associated youth violence. Authors Dr. James C. Howell and Dr. Elizabeth Griffiths introduce readers to the foundations of gang studies through the origins of gangs, definitions and categories of youth/street gangs, transnational as well as prison gangs (and the distinctions between these arguably different types), national trends in gang presence and gang-related violence across American cities, distinguishing attributes of serious street gangs, and myths and realities. Students and instructors will benefit from the Second Edition’s comprehensive treatment of the state of the literature on individual-level causes and consequences of gang membership. Going beyond the traditional topics covered in most texts in the market, this book uniquely describes specific gang patterns, trends, and cultures within a group-based structure while illuminating the most promising avenues for reducing the presence and seriousness of gangs in American communities.
Author : C. Ronald Huff
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506319971
As communities face ever-growing gang-related problems, Gangs in America III provides the most up-to-date information on the diverse perspectives and complex issues that arise in our efforts to understand, prevent, and control gang violence and crime.
Author : Catherine H. Conly
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Gangs
ISBN : 9780788108808
Summarizes research and professional criminal justice perspectives on gangs; describes some current gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies; and presents recommendations for dealing with street gangs at the community level. Extensive bibliography.
Author : Kayleen M. Hazlehurst,Cameron Hazlehurst
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 141282432X
Despite nearly a century of scholarly inquiry into street gangs and youth subcultures, no single work systematically reflects on comparative international experiences with gangs. Gangs and Youth Subcultures takes up this challenge. Kayleen Hazlehurst and Cameron Hazlehurst argue that theories of gang behavior in immigrant communities and the influence of transnational crime syndicates are better tested in more than one host society. Similar phenomena would be better understood if placed in a comparative context. To this purpose, the editors assembled expert scholars and policy advisers from North America, Europe, South Africa, and Australasia. Gangs and Youth Subcultures lays the ground-work for an explanation of why gangs continue to grow in strength and influence, and why they have spread to remote locations. This book will interest scholars and teachers of criminology and sociology, justice system administrators, as well as law enforcement officers and youth workers internationally.