Confronting Gangs : Crime and Community
ISBN: 9780199891917 | 0199891915
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 2/28/2013
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The most comprehensive and current textbook on gang research, gang policy, and gang responses, Confronting Gangs: Crime and Community, Third Edition, offers a full and unbiased assessment of the characteristics of gang members and gang behavior.
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
Strong focus on the community contexts that contribute to gang activity
Quotes from real-life gang members provide students with a realistic portrait of gang life
NEW TO THIS EDITION... MORE
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
Strong focus on the community contexts that contribute to gang activity
Quotes from real-life gang members provide students with a realistic portrait of gang life
NEW TO THIS EDITION... MORE
Acknowledgements
Preface
CHAPTER 1. WHAT IS A GANG AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Defining a Gang
Defining Gangs and Gang Members
Counting Gangs, Gang Members, and Gang Crimes
Walter Miller, The National Youth Gang Survey (1974-75)
Walter Miller, The National Youth Gang Survey (1974-82)
Needle and Stapleton, Police Handling of Youth Gangs (1983)
Spergel and Curry, The National Youth Gang Suppression and Interventi... MORE
G. David Curry is Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Scott H. Decker is Foundation Professor and Director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University.
David C. Pyrooz is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University.
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