04057nam 2200601 450 991020895130332120180613002812.01-78684-418-41-118-72682-01-118-72685-51-118-72678-21-118-72675-8(CKB)3710000000503433(EBL)4038118(MiAaPQ)EBC4038118(MiAaPQ)EBC2130956(EXLCZ)99371000000050343320150804h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe handbook of gangs /edited by Scott H. Decker and David C. PyroozWest Sussex, England :John Wiley & Sons,2015.©20151 online resource (758 p.)Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal JusticeDescription based upon print version of record.1-118-72687-1 1-119-08516-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.""Title Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Logic of Defining Gangs Revisited""; ""The Evolution of Definition and Measurement of Gangs""; ""Official Records and Gangs, Gang Membership, and Gang Violence""; ""Learning from Law Enforcement Definitions: The Case of Gang Homicide""; ""Summary and Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Methods of Definitions""; ""References""; ""3 Little Gang Research, Big Gang Research""; ""Introduction""; ""A Scientometric Approach to the History of Gang Research""; ""Methodology""; ""The History of Gang Research""""Life-Course Criminology: An Overview""""Gang Membership from a Developmental and Life-Course Perspective""; ""The Patterning of Gang Membership in the Life Course""; ""Mitigating Factors and Gang Desistance""; ""The Consequences of Gang Membership""; ""Conclusions and Setting a Research Agenda""; ""References""; ""6 Neighborhoods and Street Gangs""; ""Introduction""; ""Gangs as Dependent Variables""; ""Gangs as Independent Variables""; ""Gangs in Geographic and Social Space""; ""Future Directions""; ""References""; ""7 Gangs and Social Learning Theory""; ""Introduction""""The Fundamentals of Social Learning Theory""""Gangs and Other "Learning-Like" Explanations: A Reexamination (and Recasting) of a Classic Youth Gang Study""; ""Framing Gangs and Gang Behavior in a Learning Context: The Evidence""; ""Pushing Social Learning Theory: A Methodological and Theoretical Extension""; ""Speculations on the Future of Social Learning Theory-Driven Gang Studies""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""8 Social Psychology of Gangs""; ""Social Identity and Communication Processes in and Between Groups""; ""Social Identity and Identification""; ""Communicating Social Identity""""Social Comparison and Dominance""""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""9 Social Network Analysis and Gangs""; ""Introduction""; ""What is Social Network Analysis?""; ""Gangs as Social Networks""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""10 Gangs, Guns, and Violence""; ""Definitions of Gang Violence""; ""Explanations of Gang Violence""; ""Violence as a Social Process""; ""Violence Among Gang-Involved Individuals""; ""Selection, Facilitation, and Enhancement""; ""Consequences of Gang Violence""; ""Reducing gang and gun violence""; ""Recommendations for Future Research""; ""References""""11 Gangs and Drugs""Wiley handbooks in criminology and criminal justice.GangsUnited StatesGangsUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etcElectronic books.GangsGangs364.1066Decker Scott H.Pyrooz David C.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910208951303321The handbook of gangs2067954UNINA