Street Gang Patterns And Policies

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In the past two decades, many prevention and suppression programs have been initiated on a national and local level to combat street gangs--but what do we really know about them? Why do youths join them? Why do they proliferate? Street Gang Patterns and Policies is a crucial update and critical examination of our understanding of gangs and major gang-control programs across the nation. Often perceived solely as an urban issue, street gangs are also a suburban and rural dilemma. Klein and Maxson focus on gang proliferation, migration, and crime patterns, and highlight known risk factors that lead to youths form and join gangs within communities. Dispelling the long-standing assumptions that the public, the media, and law enforcement have about street gangs, they present a comprehensive overview of how gangs are organized and structured. The authors assess the major gang programs across the nation and argue that existing prevention, intervention, and suppression methods targeting individuals, groups, and communities, have been largely ineffective. Klein and Maxson close by offering valuable policy guidelines for practitioners on how to intervene and control gangs more successfully. Filling an important gap in the literature on street gangs and social control, this book is a must-read for criminologists, social workers, policy makers, and criminal justice practitioners.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Malcolm W. Klein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release : 2010-04-12
File : 321 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780199890101


Mano Dura

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In 1992, at the end of a twelve-year civil war, El Salvador was poised for a transition to democracy. Yet, after longstanding dominance by a small oligarchy that continually used violence to repress popular resistance, El Salvador’s democracy has proven to be a fragile one, as social ills (poverty chief among them) have given rise to neighborhoods where gang activity now thrives. Mano Dura examines the ways in which the ruling ARENA party used gang violence to solidify political power in the hands of the elite—culminating in draconian “iron fist” antigang policies that undermine human rights while ultimately doing little to address the roots of gang membership. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and policy analysis, Mano Dura examines the activities of three nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that have advocated for more nuanced policies to eradicate gangs and the societal issues that are both a cause and an effect of gang proliferation. While other studies of street gangs have focused on relatively distant countries such as Colombia, Argentina, and Jamaica, Sonja Wolf’s research takes us to a country closer to the United States, where forced deportation has brought with it US gang culture. Charting the limited success of NGOs in influencing El Salvador’s security policies, the book brings to light key contextual aspects—including myopic media coverage and the ironic populist support for ARENA, despite the party’s protection of the elite at the expense of the greater society.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Sonja Wolf
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Release : 2017-01-31
File : 321 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781477311233


Street Gang Patterns And Policies

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In the past two decades, many prevention and suppression programs have been initiated on a national and local level to combat street gangs--but what do we really know about them? Why do youths join them? Why do they proliferate? Street Gang Patterns and Policies is a crucial update and critical examination of our understanding of gangs and major gang-control programs across the nation. Often perceived solely as an urban issue, street gangs are also a suburban and rural dilemma. Klein and Maxson focus on gang proliferation, migration, and crime patterns, and highlight known risk factors that lead to youths form and join gangs within communities. Dispelling the long-standing assumptions that the public, the media, and law enforcement have about street gangs, they present a comprehensive overview of how gangs are organized and structured.The authors assess the major gang programs across the nation and argue that existing prevention, intervention, and suppression methods targeting individuals, groups, and communities, have been largely ineffective. Klein and Maxson close by offering valuable policy guidelines for practitioners on how to intervene and control gangs more successfully. Filling an important gap in the literature on street gangs and social control, this book is a must-read for criminologists, social workers, policy makers, and criminal justice practitioners.

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Genre : Law
Author : Malcolm W. Klein
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Release : 2010-04-12
File : 320 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780199742899


European Street Gangs And Troublesome Youth Groups

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Street gangs and other violent criminal groups, including racist groups, exist in European and US cities alike. This volume presents new data on European youth gangs, describing important characteristics of these groups, and their similarities and differences to American gangs.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Scott H. Decker
Publisher : Altamira Press
Release : 2005
File : 360 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105114450336


Post Ghetto

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Is South Los Angeles on the mend? How is it combating the blight of crime, gang violence, high unemployment, and dire poverty? In provocative essays, the contributing authors to Post-Ghetto address these questions by pointing out robust signs of hope for the area's residents--an increase in corporate retail investment, a decrease in homicides, a proliferation of nonprofit service providers, a paradigm shift in violence- and gang-prevention programs, and progress toward a strengthened, more racially integrated labor movement. By charting the connections between public policy and the health of a community, the authors offer innovative ideas and visionary strategies for further urban renewal and remediation. Contributors: Jake Alimahomed-Wilson, Andrea Azuma, Edna Bonacich, Robert Gottlieb, Karen M. Hennigan, Jorge N. Leal, Jill Leovy, Cheryl Maxson, Scott Saul, David C. Sloane, Mark Vallianatos, Danny Widener, Natale Zappia

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Josh Sides
Publisher :
Release : 2012-10-10
File : 248 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCSD:31822038909099


Symposium

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Genre : Constitutional law
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Release : 2009
File : 308 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105063786318


Encyclopedia Of Juvenile Violence

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From concerns about juveniles' "incorrigibility" at the turn of the century to school violence in the 1990s, adults have attempted to understand, control, and prevent juvenile violence. This work provides a historical overview of many significant time periods, and includes entries about many types of juvenile violence.

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Genre : Law
Author : Laura L. Finley
Publisher : Greenwood
Release : 2007
File : 368 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015066879886


American Book Publishing Record

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Genre : American literature
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Release : 2005
File : 1132 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015066180418


The British National Bibliography

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Genre : Bibliography, National
Author : Arthur James Wells
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Release : 2006
File : 2492 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015066099238


Addressing Youth Gang Problems

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Genre : At-risk youth
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Release : 2008
File : 38 Pages
ISBN-13 : UIUC:30112075792421