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Gangs in America III / / C. Ronald Huff, editor



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Titolo: Gangs in America III / / C. Ronald Huff, editor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, : Sage Publications, c2002
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvii, 332 p.) : ill
Disciplina: 364.1/06/0973
Soggetto topico: Gangs - United States
Juvenile delinquents - United States
Altri autori: HuffC. Ronald  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-314) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; PART 1: The Gang: Changing Boundaries, Joining, "Banging,"and Getting Out; 1 - The Changing Boundaries of Youth Gangs; 2 - Joining the Gang; 3 - Initiation of Drug Use, Drug Sales, and Violent Offending Among a Sample of Gang and Nongang Youth; 4 - Leaving the Gang; PART 2: The Arenas: Neighborhoods, Communities, and Schools; 5 - The Systemic Model of Gang Behavior; 6 - Introducing Hoover; 7 - Gangs and the Informal Economy; 8 - Gangs, Violence, and Safe Schools; 9 - Gangs and Community-Oriented Policing
10 - Issues in Developing and Maintaining a Regional Gang Incident Tracking SystemPART 3: The Increasing Diversity of Gangs; 11 - A Cross-Cultural Framework for Understanding Gangs; 12 - The Girls in the Gang; 13 - Doing Field Research on Diverse Gangs; 14 - Chinese Gangs; 15 - Street Gangs; PART 4: Gang Research and Public Policy; 16 - Ganging Up on Gangs; 17 - New Approaches to the Strategic Prevention of Gang and Group-Involved Violence; 18 - Gangs and Public Policy; References; About the Editor; About the Contributors
Sommario/riassunto: This edition includes original essays from a broad array of gang researchers and experienced practitioners who work with gangs. The writing concentrates on American gangs and the agencies that study and deal with them.
Altri titoli varianti: Gangs in America 3
Titolo autorizzato: Gangs in America III  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-7619-2423-X
1-5063-1997-1
1-4522-3220-2
1-4522-6421-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808128803321
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