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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960563703321

Autore

Allan Edward L. <1948->

Titolo

Civil gang abatement : the effectiveness and implications of policing by injunction / / Edward L. Allan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-280-36137-9

9786610361373

1-59332-103-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice

Disciplina

345.73/02

Soggetti

Gangs - United States

Organized crime - United States

Injunctions - United States

Nuisances - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Theoretical perspectives -- Legal perspectives -- The gang injunction -- The dimension of flexibility -- The dimension of community involvement -- Policy implications.

Sommario/riassunto

Civil gang abatement is an innovative remedy employing civil injunctions to combat public nuisance activity by gangs. This strategy has been promoted as a problem-oriented response to gang problems. Allan examines whether the process of acquiring a gang injunction incorporates the primary dimensions of problem-oriented responses: flexibility and community involvement. Flexibility is evident in the even distribution of initiatives among three categories high-drug, high-crime, and high-disorder. Evidence of community involvement is weak, due to the lack of community organizations in gang-plagued neighborhoods, the low-profile nature of the initiatives, and the potential for retaliation against participants. Although the expectation for community involvement in gang injunction initiatives should be tempered, civil gang abatement is an appropriate approach to neighborhood gang problems."