Street Gang Patterns and Policies

Informationen zum Autor Malcolm W. Klein is Emeritus Professor at University of Southern California. Cheryl L. Maxson is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine. Klappentext Street Gang Patterns and Policies provides a crucial update and critical examination of knowledge about gangs and major gang control programs across the nation. 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. Zusammenfassung Street Gang Patterns and Policies provides a crucial update and critical examination of knowledge about gangs and major gang control programs across the nation. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part One 1.: Gang Prevalence, Proliferation, and Migration 2.: Gang Crime Patterns 3.: Six Major Gang Control Programs Part Two 4.: Individual Level Context: Risk Factors for Joining Gangs 5.: Gang Structures and Group Processes 6.: Community Contexts Part Three 7.: Multiple Goals for Gang Control Programs and Policies 8.: A Model for Policy Choices Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Malcolm W Klein, Malcolm W. Klein, Malcolm W./ Maxson Klein, Cheryl L Maxson, Cheryl L. Maxson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.04.2010
• EAN: 9780199742899
• ISBN: 978-0-19-974289-9
• No. of pages: 310
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy; Studies in Crime and Public Po
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology