LEADER 03649nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910438338603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-05694-8 010 $a9786613798893 010 $a1-4614-4307-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4614-4307-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000107770 035 $a(EBL)973842 035 $a(OCoLC)801364485 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000740786 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11445525 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000740786 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10700651 035 $a(PQKB)11654756 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4614-4307-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC973842 035 $a(PPN)168299844 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000107770 100 $a20120606d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDefining street gangs in the 21st century $efluid, mobile, and transnational networks /$fC.E. Prowse 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aNew York $cSpringer$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (64 p.) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in criminology,$x2192-8533 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4614-4306-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- The Gangs as a Network -- From Fixed to Mobile, Members to Players -- Criminal Enterprise -- Managing the Problem. 330 $aIn contrast to the pattern of long-standing occidental street gangs modelled in the North American paradigm, new-age gangs have appeared as loosely organized, with a high degree of interchangeability of their membership. Associated with this structural fluidity is an equally significant geographic mobility, which paradoxically does not appear to diminish the intensity of personal bonds formed within and between ?new-age? gangs. The dimensions of fluidity of gang membership and geographic mobility across police jurisdictions is increasingly seen as the organizational pattern of emerging gangs, in large part shaped by worldwide patterns of human migration and globalization. While the structure of new-age gangs appears as loose-knit, what must be emphasized is that this characteristic is reflective of a criminal network of economic commodity-based ?turf? as opposed to a close-knit geographically anchored ?turf? that has characterized the prevailing North American (occidental) gang model. This volume illuminates the structure and organization of increasingly emergent, fluid and mobile, new-age gangs within the context of transnational networks. The implications for law enforcement agencies is two-fold: i) the fluidity of new-age gang players challenges investigative techniques that remain predicated on suspect recognition through modus operandi repetition by those involved, and; ii) the movement of new-age gang players across police jurisdictions challenges the sharing of police information. This innovative work will be of interest to researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, as well as related disciplines including Sociology and Anthropology studying gangs and group-organization. It has strong implications for practitioners and professionals working in law enforcement, public policy, or with at-risk youth/young adults. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in criminology. 606 $aGangs 615 0$aGangs. 676 $a364.106 700 $aProwse$b C. E$01758958 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910438338603321 996 $aDefining street gangs in the 21st century$94197299 997 $aUNINA