| Description |
1 online resource (x, 310 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in criminology |
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Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
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| Contents |
Studying the police response to gangs -- Setting and methods -- Historical analysis of gangs and gang control -- Scope and nature of the current gang problem -- Form, function, and management of the police gang unit -- The gang unit officer -- On the job -- Policing gangs in a time of community policing -- Conclusion and implications |
| Summary |
Policing Gangs in America describes the assumptions, issues, problems, and events that characterize, shape, and define the police response to gangs in America today. The focus of the book is on the gang unit officers themselves and the environment in which they work. A discussion of research, statistical facts, theory, and policy with regard to gangs, gang members, and gang activity is used as a backdrop |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Universidad Sergio Arboleda gnd |
| Subject |
Police -- Gang units -- United States
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Gangs -- United States.
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Community policing -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement.
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Community policing
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Gangs
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Police -- Gang units
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Kommunalpolitik
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Polizei
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Bandenkriminalität
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Webb, Vincent J
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| ISBN |
0511137427 |
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9780511137426 |
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0521851106 |
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9780521851107 |
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0521616549 |
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9780521616546 |
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0511296924 |
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9780511296925 |
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9780511133848 |
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0511133847 |
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9780511616082 |
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0511616082 |
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1280917520 |
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9781280917523 |
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0511135254 |
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9780511135255 |
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1107153905 |
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9781107153905 |
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9786610917525 |
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6610917523 |
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0511568177 |
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9780511568176 |
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