Youth Gangs On Youth Gangs

Author : Finn-Aage Esbensen,Cheryl L. Maxson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461416586

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Youth Gangs in International Perspective by Finn-Aage Esbensen,Cheryl L. Maxson Pdf

As a steady source of juvenile delinquents and an incubator for future adult offenders, the youth gang has long been a focus of attention, from their origins and prevalence to intervention and prevention strategies. But while delinquent youth form gangs worldwide, youth gang research has generally focused on the U.S. Youth Gangs in International Perspective provides a needed corrective by offering significant studies from across Europe, as well as Trinidad-Tobago and Israel. The book spans the diversity of the field in the cultural and scholarly traditions represented and methods used, analyzing not only the social processes under which gangs operate and cohere, but also the evolution of the research base, starting with the Eurogang Program’s definition of the term youth gang. Cross-national and gender issues are discussed, as are measurement concerns and the possibility that the American conception of the youth gang is impeding European understanding of these groups. Among the topics covered: Gang dynamics through the lens of social identity theory. Defining gangs in youth correctional settings. Gang gender composition and youth delinquency. From Stockholm: a holistic approach to gang intervention. Gang membership as a turning point in the life course. The impact of globalization, immigration, and social process on neo-Nazi youth gangs. Filling a critical gap in the literature, Youth Gangs in International Perspective will find a wide audience among criminologists, policymakers specializing in youth crime, and researchers and graduate students in criminology, political science, and youth studies.

Author : James F. Short, Jr.,Lorine A. Hughes
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759114333

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Studying Youth Gangs by James F. Short, Jr.,Lorine A. Hughes Pdf

This absorbing new collection is an introduction to the study of gangs: how we define them, what we know and don't know about gangs. The authors offer both a domestic and international view of processes of delinquency and gang formation and identity. It is an ideal text for criminal justice, sociology and social work, and a resource for law enforcement, probation and parole practitioners, and public defenders.

Author : Randall G. Shelden,Sharon K. Tracy,William B. Brown
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 1133049567

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Youth Gangs in American Society by Randall G. Shelden,Sharon K. Tracy,William B. Brown Pdf

This comprehensive and widely respected survey of the literature on gangs and gang activities in America includes theoretical perspectives on why gangs exist, gang typologies, descriptions of gang activities, and various intervention strategies for dealing with gangs. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Author : James F. Short,Lorine A. Hughes
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0759109397

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Studying Youth Gangs by James F. Short,Lorine A. Hughes Pdf

Provides an introduction to the study of gangs how we define them, what we know and not know about gangs. This title offers both a domestic and international view of processes of delinquency and gang formation and identity. It is suitable for criminal justice, sociology and social work, parole practitioners, and public defenders.

Author : James C. Howell
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN : IND:30000056265352

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Youth Gangs by James C. Howell Pdf

The United States has seen rapid proliferation of youth gangs since 1980. During this period, the number of cities with gang problems increased from an estimated 286 jurisdictions with more than 2,000 gangs and nearly 100,000 gang members in 1980 (Miller, 1992) to about 4,800 jurisdictions with more than 31,000 gangs and approximately 846,000 gang members in 1996(Moore and Terrett, in press). An 11-city survey of eighth graders found that 9 percent were currently gang members, and 17 percent said they had belonged to a gang at some point in their lives (Esbensen and Osgood, 1997).Other studies reported comparable percentages and also showed that gang members were responsible for a large proportion of violent offenses. In the Rochester site of the OJJDP-funded Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency, gang members (30 percent of the sample) self-reported committing 68 percent of all violent offenses (Thornberry, 1998). In the Denver site, adolescent gang members (14 percent of the sample) self-reported committing 89 percent of all serious violent offenses (Huizinga, 1997). In another study, supported by OJJDP and several other agenciesand organizations, adolescent gang members in Seattle (15 percent of the sample) self-reported involvement in 85 percent of robberies committed by the entire sample (Battin et al., 1998).This Bulletin reviews data and research to consolidate available knowledge on youth gangs that are involved in criminal activity. Following a historical perspective, demographic information ispresented. The scope of the problem is assessed, including gang problems in juvenile detention and correctional facilities. Several issues are then addressed by reviewing gang studies to provide aclearer understanding of youth gang problems.An extensive list of references is provided for further review.

Author : James C. Howell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Gangs
ISBN : UCSD:31822024399990

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Youth Gangs by James C. Howell Pdf

Author : Irving A. Spergel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1995-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780195357868

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The Youth Gang Problem by Irving A. Spergel Pdf

Every day there are new stories of gang-related crime: from the proliferation of illegal weapons in the streets and children dealing drugs in their schools, to innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire of never-ending gang wars. Once considered an urban phenomenon, gang violence is permeating American life, spreading to the suburbs and bringing the problem closer to home for much of America. The government, schools, social agencies, and the justice system are conspicuous by their sporadic interest in the subject and have failed to develop effective policies and programs. Existing social support mechanisms and strategies for suppressing violence have often been unsuccessful. And, state and federal policy is largely nonexistent. In The Youth Gang Problem: A Community Approach, Irving Spergel provides a systematic analysis of youth gangs in the United States. Based on research, historical and comparative analysis, and agency documents and the author's extensive first-hand experience, the work explores the gang problem from the perspective of community disorganization, especially population movement, and the plight of the underclass. It examines the factors of gang member personality, gang dynamics, criminal organization, and the influence of family, school, prisons, and politics, as well as the response of criminal justice agencies and community groups. Spergel describes techniques used by social agencies, schools, employment programs, criminal justice agencies, and grass-roots organizations for dealing with gangs, and recommends strategies that emphasize the use of local resources, planning, and collaborative procedures. There is no single strategy and no easy solution to the youth gang problem in the United States. There are, however, substantial steps we can take, and they must be honestly and systematically tested. Offering a practical and alternative approach to a serious social problem, The Youth Gang Problem: A Community Approach is a major and long-awaited contribution to this dilemma. It is required reading for criminal justice personnel, school staff, social workers, policy makers, students and scholars of urban and organizational sociology, and the general reader concerned with the youth gang problem and how to control, intervene, and prevent it.

Author : Robert J. Franzese,Herbert C. Covey,Scott Menard
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-11
Category : Gangs
ISBN : 9780398091071

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YOUTH GANGS by Robert J. Franzese,Herbert C. Covey,Scott Menard Pdf

In the quarter century since the first edition of this book, scholarship on gangs in general, and especially youth gangs, has grown exponentially. This massive expansion of the literature on youth gangs, especially in the past decade, warranted this expanded and updated fourth edition. The first chapter has an expanded discussion of definitional issues, plus recent data from the National Youth Gang Survey, material on the evolving economic nature of gangs, and gang use of internet and social media. The second chapter continues by examining gang violence and drug involvement, and the extent to which they are intercorrelated, with new material on victimization of gang members and gang involvement in drug use and sales. Chapter 3 focuses on racial and ethnic decadences in gangs and the important role of race and ethnicity on gang membership and gang behavior in the U.S. The fourth chapter examines female gangs and gang membership and the changes that have taken place in the nature and extent of female gang membership over time. The fifth and sixth chapters place contemporary American gangs in the historical and international perspective. Chapter 5 includes a new section on youth gangs in the new millennium, and Chapter 6 has been reorganized, particularly to reflect the burgeoning research on European and other international gangs since the turn of the millennium. Chapter 7 has been expanded to include recent developments in the actual and potential application of biosocial, psychological, and life course developmental theories to gangs. Chapter 8 provides a comprehensive, multilevel theory of gangs with updates including new propositions, and new evidence for both the new and old propositions, based on more recent work in theory development and theory testing for gangs. The ninth and tenth chapters’ revisions focus on legislative and justice system efforts to deter gang crime and membership. Chapter 10 also focuses on intervention and assistance programs outside the justice system, including discussion of the Gang Resistance Education and Training program. The final chapter concludes by considering the future of youth gangs in the U.S. and elsewhere in light of historical and cross-national evidence, theory, and experience with gang interventions and programs, considering more recent developments in those areas, and whether they justify any change and for what would be expected of the future of youth gangs.

Author : Frederick Mathews,Canada. Solicitor General Canada. Ministry Secretariat,Canada. Solicitor General Canada. Police Policy and Research Division
Publisher : Solicitor General Canada
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015037284372

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Youth Gangs on Youth Gangs by Frederick Mathews,Canada. Solicitor General Canada. Ministry Secretariat,Canada. Solicitor General Canada. Police Policy and Research Division Pdf

The purpose of this study is to define the phenomenon of youth gangs/groups in its current manifestation in Metropolitan Toronto and southern Ontario and provide information for use in the development of appropriate policy and program responses and, ultimately, structural and systemic changes in the delivery of service to victims, gang/group members, and "at risk" and non-offending youth. The study's objectives are to: elicit the thoughts and feelings of young people involved in youth gang/group activity and add their voices and perceptions to both the literature and the current public and media discourse on the phenomenon as it exists today in Canadian society; compare and contrast the perceptions of youth gang/group members with those of the adult professionals, school officials, police, and social workers who are closely associated with them on a daily basis; and, use information obtained in the study to develop conceptual models that will assist government, police, school officials, and youth service providers in better understanding youth gang/group involvement and gang/group crime and violence.

Author : James C. Howell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Drug abuse and crime
ISBN : IND:30000050370729

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The Youth Gangs, Drugs, and Violence Connection by James C. Howell Pdf

Author : Finn-Aage Esbensen,Cheryl L. Maxson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461416593

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Youth Gangs in International Perspective by Finn-Aage Esbensen,Cheryl L. Maxson Pdf

As a steady source of juvenile delinquents and an incubator for future adult offenders, the youth gang has long been a focus of attention, from their origins and prevalence to intervention and prevention strategies. But while delinquent youth form gangs worldwide, youth gang research has generally focused on the U.S. Youth Gangs in International Perspective provides a needed corrective by offering significant studies from across Europe, as well as Trinidad-Tobago and Israel. The book spans the diversity of the field in the cultural and scholarly traditions represented and methods used, analyzing not only the social processes under which gangs operate and cohere, but also the evolution of the research base, starting with the Eurogang Program’s definition of the term youth gang. Cross-national and gender issues are discussed, as are measurement concerns and the possibility that the American conception of the youth gang is impeding European understanding of these groups. Among the topics covered: Gang dynamics through the lens of social identity theory. Defining gangs in youth correctional settings. Gang gender composition and youth delinquency. From Stockholm: a holistic approach to gang intervention. Gang membership as a turning point in the life course. The impact of globalization, immigration, and social process on neo-Nazi youth gangs. Filling a critical gap in the literature, Youth Gangs in International Perspective will find a wide audience among criminologists, policymakers specializing in youth crime, and researchers and graduate students in criminology, political science, and youth studies.

Author : Scott Cummings,Daniel J. Monti
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1993-03-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438400198

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Gangs by Scott Cummings,Daniel J. Monti Pdf

This book is an examination of contemporary gangs in American cities. Gangs have proliferated over the past ten years and pose a new set of challenges to public officials, law enforcement agencies, and urban educators. Most major cities are now confronted with serious problems derived from gang violence, drug traffic, and disruption of the public educational system. In the face of deindustrialization and deepening recession, many minority youngsters view gangs as attractive alternatives to a futile search for employment in a deteriorating urban economy. Perhaps most significant, gangs are now beginning to emerge in small and medium-sized cities. Some of the nation's leading scientists and scholars have been brought together in this book to examine the contemporary contours of America's gang problem, including Daniel J. Monti, Joan Moore, Scott Cummings, Howard Pinderhughes, Diego Vigil, Ray Hutchison, Felix Padilla, Jerome H. Skolnick, Pat Jackson, and Robert A. Destro. New material dealing with wilding gangs, migration and drug trafficking, and public educational disruption appear in this volume. Other topics covered include how gangs are organized, what social function they serve, their relation to conventional society, and the social and psychological factors that contribute to their rise. The relationship of the contemporary gang problem to past research is explored, and a rich variety of case histories and comparative analysis is presented. The book also includes a section on public policy.

Author : Peggy Daniels
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-26
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780737748222

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Gangs by Peggy Daniels Pdf

According to the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center, the number of youth gangs throughout the U.S. tops 24,500. The number of teens and young adults involved in gang activity is higher than 772,500. Gangs offer these young people many things that their home, school, and work life do not. There are unfortunate, compelling reasons why they're in gangs, and why they cannot get out once they've become a member. Editor Peggy Daniels has compiled several fascinating essays that discuss the problems of gangs in America. Readers will explore such topics as where gangs are a problem, who joins gangs and why, and the effectiveness of various intervention methods. Give your readers the opportunity to form intelligent viewpoints on gangs, which is an essential tool against potential harm and violence.

Author : Catherine H. Conly
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Gangs
ISBN : 9780788108808

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Street Gangs by Catherine H. Conly Pdf

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 : James C. Howell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : UOM:39015055604303

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Youth Gangs in Schools by James C. Howell Pdf