Looking beyond suppression : community strategies to reduce gang violence / / edited by Erika Gebo and Brenda J. Bond

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.32/17
• Soggetto topico: Gangs; Violence - Prevention; Communities - Social aspects
• Altri autori: GeboErika BondBrenda J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments; Disclaimer; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction to Gang Reduction Responses; Chapter 2. Process Matters: Mobilizing Non-White Communities to Respond to Gangs; Chapter 3. Using Action Research to Support Strategic Thinking and Data-Driven Decision-Making in Gang and Youth Violence Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression in Worcester; Chapter 4. Creating and Implementing a Gang Assessment Instrument; Chapter 5. Street Outreach as an Intervention Modality for At-Risk and Gang-Involved Youth ; Chapter 6. The Fundamental Challenges of Defining and Measuring Retaliatory Gang ViolenceChapter 7. Strategic Problem Analysis to Guide Comprehensive Gang Violence Reduction Strategies; Chapter 8. Impact of the Shannon CSI: Challenges and Observations from a Multisite Evaluation; Chapter 9. Learning from Community Responses to Gangs; Index; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the policies and practices of comprehensive community efforts to reduce gang and youth violence through a specific conceptual framework, the Comprehensive Gang Model. Tailored gang reduction strategies rooted in this framework and in communities' ecological constitutions are showcased throughout the book using case study methodology. The results of these investigations have relevant implications for scholars, learners, and practitioners who seek to address gang violence using customized responses.
• Titolo autorizzato: Looking beyond suppression
• ISBN: 1-280-69976-0; 9786613676740; 0-7391-7655-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828297303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II