Encyclopedia of street crime in America / / Jeffrey Ian Ross, editor

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE Reference, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxvii, 538 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 364.97303
• Soggetto topico: Crime - United States; Criminal justice, Administration of - United States
• Persona (resp. second.): RossJeffrey Ian
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: List of articles -- Reader's guide -- About the editor -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Articles -- Glossary -- Resource guide -- Appendix -- Index -- Photo credits. ; Alcohol and Drug Testing, On-Scene Alcohol and Drug Use Arrest Arson Asian Gangs B Bail Baltimore, Maryland Bank Robbery Bar Personnel Bars and Pubs Bicycle Theft Black Market Blackmail Bloods Blue Laws Bootleggers Boston, Massachusetts Bounty Hunters Bratton, William Brawley, Tawana. See Tawana Brawley Incident Broken Windows Theory Buffalo, New York Burglary Bystander Apathy C Central Booking Central Park Jogger Incident Chicago, Illinois Child Molesters Children, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children as Victims Cincinnati, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Closed-Circuit Television Code of Silence/Stop Snitching Code of the Street Community Policing Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums CompStat Counterfeit Goods Courts Courts, Drug Courts, Mental Health Crack House Credit Card Theft Crime, Displacement of Crime Mapping Crime Patterns Crime Prevention, Environmental Design and Crime Prevention, Situational Crime Scene Investigation Crime– Consumerism Nexus Crips D Day Reporting Center Defensible Space Theory Detroit, Michigan Diallo, Amadou -- Domestic Violence Door-to-Door Scam Artists Drinking, Underage Drinking Establishments, Unlicensed Drive-By Shooting Drug Dealing Drug Markets, Open-Air Drugs, Prescription E Environmental Criminology Exposure, Indecent F Fear of Crime Flash Mobs G Gambling, Street Gangs (Street) Gated Communities Genovese, Kitty -- Gentrification -- Giuliani, Rudolph Goetz, Bernhard Graffiti Grand Theft Auto (Video Game) Guardian Angels Guns and Weapons Gunshot Detection System H Hate Crime History of Street Crime in America Homelessness Homophobic Assault Hooliganism Hot Spots I Immigrant Neighborhoods Indianapolis, Indiana J Jails Jaywalking “Johns” Juvenile Curfews Juvenile Offending K Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders Kidnapping L La Eme (Mexican Mafia) Latin Kings Loitering Looting Los Angeles, California M Maple, Jack Mass Transit, Crime on Massage Parlors Mental Illness Metal Theft Miami, Florida Milwaukee, Wisconsin Minneapolis, Minnesota Miranda Warnings Mobs and Riots Motor Vehicle Theft Motorcycle Clubs MS-13 Mugging Murder/Homicide N Needle Exchanges Neighborhood Watch New Orleans, Louisiana New York City Newark, New Jersey Newark Foot Patrol Experiment O Open-Container Laws Operation Ceasefire Organized Crime and Violence P Panhandling or Begging Patrol Cars Peep Shows Peeping Toms Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pickpocketing -- Pimp Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Police (Overview) Police Brutality/Excessive Force Police Corruption, Street-Level Police Detectives Policing, Problem-Oriented Pool Halls Projects, The Prostitute/Streetwalker Prostitution, Houses of R Racial Assault Racial Profiling Rape and Sexual Assault Risky Lifestyles Road Rage Routine Activity Theory S San Francisco, California Seattle Crime Places Study Security, Private Serial Killers, Spree Killers, and Mass Murderers Sex Crimes Shoplifting Skid Row Skinheads Speakeasies (1920s) St. Louis, Missouri Stalking Sting Operations Stop and Frisk Street Art Street Corner Society Street Crime (Online Game) Street Crime, Popular Portrayals of Street Crime Defined Street/Block Parties Suite Crimes Versus Street Crimes Swarming T Tawana Brawley Incident Television Shows Terrorism Theft and Larceny Tompkins Square Riots/Tent City Truancy U Urban Ethnography Urban Incivility Urban Planning Urbanization V Vandalism Victims, Immigrant Victims, Senior Victims, Tourist W Washington, D.C. Weed and Seed Women Z Zero-Tolerance/Saturation Policing.
• Sommario/riassunto: This encyclopedic reference focuses primarily on urban lifestyle and its associated crimes, ranging from burglary to drug peddling to murder to new, more sophisticated forms of street crime and scams. This traditional A-to-Z reference has significant coverage of police and courts and other criminal justice sub-disciplines while also featuring thematic articles on the sociology of street crime.
• Titolo autorizzato: Encyclopedia of street crime in America
• ISBN: 1-5063-2028-7; 1-78402-512-7; 1-4522-7445-2; 1-4522-7446-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786209803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II