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1 online resource (xxvii, 332 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The gang : changing boundaries, joining, "banging," and getting out: 1. The changing boundaries of youth gangs / James C. Howell, John P. Moore, and Arlen Egley, Jr. ; 2. Joing the gang : gender differences in risk factors for gang membership / Cheryl Maxson and Monica L. Whitlock ; 3. Initiation of drug use, drug sales, and violent offending among a sample of gang and nongang youth / Finn-Aage Esbensen [and others] ; 4. Leaving a gang / Scott H. Decker and Janet L. Lauritsen -- pt. 2. The arenas : neighborhoods, communities, and schools: 5. The systemic model of gang behavior : a reconsideration / Robert J. Bursik, Jr. ; 6. Introducing Hoover : I'll ride for you, gangsta' / Steven R. Cureton ; 7. Gands and the informal economy / John M. Hagedorn ; 8. Gangs, violence, and safe schools / Kenneth S. Trump ; 9. Gangs and community-oriented policing : transforming organizational culture / C. Ronald Huff and Kent H. Shafer ; 10. Issues in developing and maintaining a regional gang incident tracking system / James W. Meeker and Bryan Villa ; pt. 3. The increasing diversity of gangs: 11. A cross-cultural framework for understanding gangs : multiple marginality and Los Angeles / James Diego Vigil and Steve C. Yun ; 12. The girls in the gang : what we've learned from two decades of research / Jody Miller ; 13. Doing field research on diverse gangs : interpreting youth gangs as social networks / Mark S. Fleisher ; 14. Chinese gangs : familial and cultural dynamics / Sheldon X. Zhang ; 15. Street gangs : a cross-national perspective / Malcolm W. Klein -- pt. 4. Gang research and public policy: 16. Ganging up on gangs : anti-loitering and public nuisance laws / Gilbert Geis ; 17. New approaches to the strategic prevention of gang and group-involved violence / Anthony A. Braga, David M. Kennedy, and George E. Tita ; 18. Gangs and public policy : prevention, intervention, and suppression / C. Ronald Huff |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-314) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Gangs -- United States.
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TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime.
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Gangs
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Huff, C. Ronald.
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| LC no. |
2001004076 |
| ISBN |
9781452264219 |
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145226421X |
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9781452232201 |
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1452232202 |
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1506319971 |
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9781506319971 |
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