Youth Involvement in Street Gangs in Californias Central Valley

This timely, insightful, and data-led book fills a gap in gang scholarship by examining gangs in rural areas, specifically focussing on youth gang activity.

List of contents

1. Gangs in the Central Valley Community. 2. Family in the Ecological Context. 3. Getting into Trouble in School. 4. Immersion into Gangland. 5. Gangs and Crime in Rural Counties. 6. Juvenile Hall: A Revolving Door. 7. Conclusion.

About the author

Huan Gao is Professor of Criminal Justice at California State University, Stanislaus. She is the author of Women and Heroin Addiction in China’s Changing Society (2011) and was an academic visitor at the Center for Criminology at Oxford University in 2022.

Summary

This timely, insightful, and data-led book fills a gap in gang scholarship by examining gangs in rural areas, specifically focussing on youth gang activity.

Product details

• Authors: Huan Gao, Gao Huan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032488721
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3248872-1
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, California, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / Family Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, LAW / Criminal Law / Juvenile Offenders, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, Social Work, Social issues & processes, Organized crime, Family Law, Legal aspects of criminology, Social and ethical issues, Human Geography, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Juvenile offenders, Criminal justice law, Criminology: legal aspects, Probation services, Juvenile Criminal Law, youth;gangs;California