The handbook of gangs / / edited by Scott H. Decker and David C. Pyrooz
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| Titolo: |
The handbook of gangs / / edited by Scott H. Decker and David C. Pyrooz
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| Pubblicazione: | West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (758 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.1066 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gangs - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | DeckerScott H. |
| PyroozDavid C. | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The handbook of gangs |
| ISBN: | 1-78684-418-4 |
| 1-118-72682-0 | |
| 1-118-72685-5 | |
| 1-118-72678-2 | |
| 1-118-72675-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910208951303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Wiley handbooks in criminology and criminal justice.