Gangs And Law Enforcement

Author : Linda M. Schmidt,James T. O'Reilly
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780398077495

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Gangs and Law Enforcement by Linda M. Schmidt,James T. O'Reilly Pdf

"Gangs are on the rise again." This portent of trouble comes from the FBI'S expert on gangs, Linda Schmidt. Today, there are over 30,000 gangs across America and over 800,000 gang members. Gangs are savvy and scarier than ever. Their firepower, military background and lack of restraint have made some city centers too dangerous to patrol. As gang power grows, knowledge is the best antidote and the best inducement to corrective actions. The interviews, street wisdom and advice that are used throughout this book show its heavy dose of reality. Specialist Linda Schmidt goes deep into gang territory without a badge or gun. She uses a lethal mix of wily street smarts, courage, and determination. She possesses the secret weapons of confidence and caring, and the unnerving manner and moral compass of a grandmother. There are very few in law enforcement who have gotten so far beneath the surface of gang life. Linda can look at a wall of graffiti and read the hieroglyphics that predict an impending murder. She has leaned over unidentified corpses on the cold steel of the coroner's table and told their life story by interpreting the codes of their tattoos. Linda's book is a crucial primer for anyone who needs to learn the customs and codes of the gang world. She brings you systematically through the anthropology, psychology and pathology of the gang culture. This book is not an ideology approach but rather a practical book with a set of steps to follow. It provides specific advice and ideas for actions. Interviews, photos, experiences and case studies are included to make the book much more user-friendly to prosecutors, police and corrections officials. One of the goals of this book is to provide all law enforcement (local, state, and federal) with a method for working together to get the best results when dealing with gang cases. It will make law enforcers sit up and take notice. This book will get real results in a short time if it's carefully explained advice is heeded.

Author : Scott H. Decker
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015056677308

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Policing Gangs and Youth Violence by Scott H. Decker Pdf

This title is part of The Wadsworth Professionalism in Policing Series, edited by Samuel Walker. This reader is a descriptive presentation of current practices within policing and juvenile justice (focusing on gangs) that utilize the community-policing model. By looking at specific strategies and their efficacy, the authors attempt to combat a major perceived problem with community policing; that the methodology of community policing can be subjective and nebulous, using ill-defined and misinterpreted practices. This book shows what is working for agencies across the country and how these "best practices" can be employed.

Author : Edward Connors,Barbara Webster,Neal Miller,Claire Johnson,Elizabeth Fraser,Bill Falcon
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788172557

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Urban Street Gang Enforcement by Edward Connors,Barbara Webster,Neal Miller,Claire Johnson,Elizabeth Fraser,Bill Falcon Pdf

Presents strategies to enhance prosecution of gang-related crimes, focusing exclusively on enforcement and prosecution strategies against urban street gangs. Includes a step-by-step guide for designing and implementing a program based on the Model Strategies for Urban Street Enforcement, a demonstration program designed to establish model approaches to prevent and suppress gang violence. Contents: key elements of the gang suppression prototype, planning and analysis, gang info. and intelligence systems, gang suppression operations and tactics, interagency cooperation and collaboration, legal issues, and process and impact evaluation.

Author : Richard C. McCorkle,Terance D. Miethe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110387300

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Panic by Richard C. McCorkle,Terance D. Miethe Pdf

"Panic: The Social Construction of the Street Gang Problem" deals with the "discovery" of the street gang problem in the United States during the 1980s. In these pages, authors Richard McCorkle and Terance Miethe argue that gangs are a major social threatnot only because of the increased concrete threat, but because of their impact on the world around us. The result has been increased crime, a proliferation of inefficient anti-gang policies, and the squandering of millions of taxpayer dollars. "Panic: The Social Construction of the Street Gang Problem" focuses on the events, organizations, and processes that surrounded the gang panic during the late 1980s and early 1990s, a period during which gangs expanded greatly in American cities. This book provides critical insights into the discovery of the gang problem throughout the country and will encourage others to re-examine the nature of the gang threat in any jurisdiction. "

Author : Paladin Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Gangs
ISBN : 0873648137

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Street Gangs by Paladin Press Pdf

This manual, which arose from the ashes of the L.A. riots, is the most comprehensive study ever done on street gangs. It examines gang sociology; describes the different types of gangs, including hispanic, black, white, and Asian; and outlines the L.A. Sheriff's Department's official guidelines for responding to street gang activity.

Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1992-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780941375191

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Nontraditional Organized Crime by Carole Marsh Pdf

Author : Malcolm W. Klein,Cheryl L. Maxson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199742899

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Street Gang Patterns and Policies by Malcolm W. Klein,Cheryl L. Maxson Pdf

This text provides a crucial update and critical examination of our understanding of gangs and major gang-control programs across the nation. Dispelling the long-standing assumptions that the public, the media, and law enforcement have about street gangs, it presents a comprehensive overview of how gangs are organized and structured.

Author : C. Ronald Huff
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506319971

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Gangs in America III by C. Ronald Huff Pdf

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 : Liza Vertinsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429876493

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A Law and Economics Approach to Criminal Gangs by Liza Vertinsky Pdf

First published in 1999. This book provides a law and economics approach towards criminal gangs which integrates the tools of economic modelling with criminal law in order to understand and address a contemporary law enforcement problem. The book draws upon ideas from economics, law and law enforcement to investigate the nature and organizational structure of criminal gangs. Law and economics are employed in varying combinations and at varying levels of specificity to generate insights into the organization and behaviour of criminal gangs. These insights are applied to evaluate alternative legal approaches and to inform the design of a new criminal law approach towards criminal gangs. Attention is focused on the organization of criminal street gangs, both because the growth and increasing sophistication of these gangs offer special challenges for law enforcement and because of the potential contributions which such an understanding could yield for economists who have traditionally focused on the organizational structure of legitimate enterprises.

Author : Clare Ribando Seelke
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781437927634

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Gangs in Central America by Clare Ribando Seelke Pdf

Contents: (1) Background on Violent Crime; (2) Scope of the Gang Problem: Defining Gangs; Transnational Gangs; Factors Exacerbating the Gang Problem; Poverty and a Lack of Educ. and Employ. Opport.; Societal Stigmas; Role of the Media; Anti-Gang Law Enforce. Efforts; Prisons in Need of Reform; U.S. Deportations; (3) Country Anti-Gang Efforts: Mano Dura (Heavy-Handed) Anti-Gang Policies; Effects of Mano Dura Policies?; Alternative Approaches; Prospects for Country Prevention and Rehab. Efforts; Regional and Multilateral Efforts; OAS; Multilateral Develop. Banks and Donor Agencies; (4) U.S. Policy: Congressional Interest; U.S. Internat. Anti-Gang Efforts; State Dept.; Justice Dept.; USAID; Policy Approaches and Concerns.

Author : Linda M. Schmidt,James T. O'Reilly
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780398085407

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Gangs and Law Enforcement by Linda M. Schmidt,James T. O'Reilly Pdf

"Gangs are on the rise again." This portent of trouble comes from the FBI'S expert on gangs, Linda Schmidt. Today, there are over 30,000 gangs across America and over 800,000 gang members. Gangs are savvy and scarier than ever. Their firepower, military background and lack of restraint have made some city centers too dangerous to patrol. As gang power grows, knowledge is the best antidote and the best inducement to corrective actions. The interviews, street wisdom and advice that are used throughout this book show its heavy dose of reality. Specialist Linda Schmidt goes deep into gang territor.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : At-risk youth
ISBN : PURD:32754073711677

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Responding to Gangs by Anonim Pdf

Author : C.E. Prowse
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461443070

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Defining Street Gangs in the 21st Century by C.E. Prowse Pdf

In contrast to the pattern of long-standing occidental street gangs modelled in the North American paradigm, new-age gangs have appeared as loosely organized, with a high degree of interchangeability of their membership. Associated with this structural fluidity is an equally significant geographic mobility, which paradoxically does not appear to diminish the intensity of personal bonds formed within and between ‘new-age’ gangs. The dimensions of fluidity of gang membership and geographic mobility across police jurisdictions is increasingly seen as the organizational pattern of emerging gangs, in large part shaped by worldwide patterns of human migration and globalization. While the structure of new-age gangs appears as loose-knit, what must be emphasized is that this characteristic is reflective of a criminal network of economic commodity-based ‘turf’ as opposed to a close-knit geographically anchored ‘turf’ that has characterized the prevailing North American (occidental) gang model. This volume illuminates the structure and organization of increasingly emergent, fluid and mobile, new-age gangs within the context of transnational networks. The implications for law enforcement agencies is two-fold: i) the fluidity of new-age gang players challenges investigative techniques that remain predicated on suspect recognition through modus operandi repetition by those involved, and; ii) the movement of new-age gang players across police jurisdictions challenges the sharing of police information. This innovative work will be of interest to researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, as well as related disciplines including Sociology and Anthropology studying gangs and group-organization. It has strong implications for practitioners and professionals working in law enforcement, public policy, or with at-risk youth/young adults.

Author : Matthew O'Deanne
Publisher : Paladin Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1581606508

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Gang Investigator's Handbook by Matthew O'Deanne Pdf

Street gangs, prison gangs and biker gangs -- made up of every kind of criminal, from vandals and drug dealers to the most violent predators -- present an especially difficult problem for law enforcement. Gang Investigator's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to combating these dangerous groups, based on the successes of many of the best gang detectives in the field. Written by an experienced gang investigator from a major metropolitan prosecutor's office, Gang Investigator's Handbook contains dozens of strategies and tips for identifying and suppressing gangs in any community. The text is supported by more than 400 photos with detailed analysis of the gang activity they document, making Gang Investigator's Handbook invaluable not only to street cops, specialized gang units and prosecutors but also to criminal justice students, probation and parole agents, corrections officers, judges, counselors, civic leaders, journalists and ordinary citizens who want to learn how to reduce gang activity in their communities.

Author : Henry Aaron,Thomas E. Mann,Timothy T. Taylor
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001-06-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815723431

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Values and Public Policy by Henry Aaron,Thomas E. Mann,Timothy T. Taylor Pdf

It is not uncommon to hear that poor school performance, welfare dependancy, youth unemployment, and criminal activity result more from shortcomings in the personal makeup of individuals than from societal forces beyond their control. Are American values declining as so many suggest? And are those values at the root of many social problems today? Shaped by experience and public policies, people's values and social norms do change. What role can or should a democratic government play in shaping values? And how do these values conditon the efficacy of public policy? In this book, six distinguished social scientists identify trends in America's values and their consequences, and consider public policy tools with which some of those values might be changed. Daniel Yankelovich begins with a discussion of how American values have shifted in the last half-century, and argues that affluence is the driving force behind these changes in values. James Q. Wilson argues that destructive habits which can lead to social pathologies, like crime and drug use, are set early in life; he examines how public policy might intervene when children are young to promote better values. David Popenoe maintains that America has veered too far towards industrialist values, and explores the resulting decline of families and many attendant social ills. Nathan Glazer describes the history and present status of the dispute over multicultural education. Jane Mansbridge examines the process of building cooperation, consensus, and public spirit. And George Akerlof and Janet L. Yellen discuss the problem of gang criminality. Inthe past, social scientists have often sidestepped questions about values as undefinable, unquantifiable, and somehow unscientific. The essays in this volume address these questions at last. Henry J. Aaron, director of the Economic Studies program at Brookings, is the authorof numerous books, including most recently Serious and Unstable Condition: Financing