Gangs in America III [[electronic resource] /] / edited by C. Ronald Huff

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779127103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2002
• ISBN: 0-7619-2423-X; 1-5063-1997-1; 1-4522-3220-2; 1-4522-6421-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvii, 332 p.) : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): HuffC. Ronald
• Disciplina: 364.1060973
• Soggetti: Gangs - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-314) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; PART 1: The Gang: Changing Boundaries, Joining, "Banging,"and Getting Out; 1 - The Changing Boundaries of Youth Gangs; 2 - Joining the Gang; 3 - Initiation of Drug Use, Drug Sales, and Violent Offending Among a Sample of Gang and Nongang Youth; 4 - Leaving the Gang; PART 2: The Arenas: Neighborhoods, Communities, and Schools; 5 - The Systemic Model of Gang Behavior; 6 - Introducing Hoover; 7 - Gangs and the Informal Economy; 8 - Gangs, Violence, and Safe Schools; 9 - Gangs and Community-Oriented Policing; 10 - Issues in Developing and Maintaining a Regional Gang Incident Tracking SystemPART 3: The Increasing Diversity of Gangs; 11 - A Cross-Cultural Framework for Understanding Gangs; 12 - The Girls in the Gang; 13 - Doing Field Research on Diverse Gangs; 14 - Chinese Gangs; 15 - Street Gangs; PART 4: Gang Research and Public Policy; 16 - Ganging Up on Gangs; 17 - New Approaches to the Strategic Prevention of Gang and Group-Involved Violence; 18 - Gangs and Public Policy; References; About the Editor; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This edition includes original essays from a broad array of gang researchers and experienced practitioners who work with gangs. The writing concentrates on American gangs and the agencies that study and deal with them.