The Handbook of Gangs

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Scott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz
John Wiley & Sons, 2015 M09 28 - 592 páginas

Pulling together the most salient, current issues in the field today, The Handbook of Gangs provides a significant assessment by leading scholars of key topics related to gangs, gang members, and responses to gangs.

• Chapters cover a wide array of the most prominent issues in the field of gangs, written by scholars who have been leaders in developing new ways of thinking about the topics

• Delivers cutting-edge reviews of the current state of research and practice and addresses where the field has been, where it is today and where it should go in the future

• Includes extensive coverage of the individual theories of delinquency and provides special emphasis on policy and prevention program implications in the study of gangs

• Offers a broad understanding of how other countries deal with gangs and their response to gangs, including Great Britain, Latin America, Australia and Europe

• Chapters covering the legacies of four pioneers in gang research—Malcolm W. Klein, Walter B. Miller, James F. Short Jr., and Irving A. Spergel

 

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Contenido

Introduction
1
The Logic of Defining Gangs Revisited
7
Little Gang Research Big Gang Research
28
Gang Membership in a Developmental and LifeCourse Perspective
78
Neighborhoods and Street Gangs
98
What We Know What
118
An Intergroup Communication Perspective
136
Social Network Analysis and Gangs
157
Gangs in Correctional Institutions
328
Legislative Approaches to Addressing Gangs and GangRelated Crime
345
The Comprehensive Gang Model
392
The Legacy of Malcolm W Klein
406
The Legacy of Irving A Spergel
424
The Legacy of James F Short Jr
440
The Legacy of Walter B Miller
458
Understanding Gangs in Contemporary Latin America
478

Synergistic Effects
178
Connections Divergence and Culture
193
Reenvisioning Diversity
208
A Process of Supply and Demand
235
A Review and Thoughts on Future Research
257
MicroLevel Processes of the Gang
276
Police Gang Units and Effective Gang Violence Reduction
309
Understanding European Gangs
503
European Responses to Gangs
520
Gangs in African Asian and Australian Settings
538
Author Index
558
Subject Index
572
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Acerca del autor (2015)

Scott H. Decker is Foundation Professor of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. His most recent books include European Street Gangs and Troublesome Youth Groups (edited with Frank Weerman, 2005), Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling: Lessons from the Inside (2008), and Criminology and Public Policy: Putting Theory to Work (with Hugh Barlow, 2010).

David C. Pyrooz is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Colorado Boulder. He is the author of Confronting Gangs: Crime and Community (with G. David Curry and Scott H. Decker, 2014).

Información bibliográfica

TítuloThe Handbook of Gangs
Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice
EditoresScott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz
EditorJohn Wiley & Sons, 2015
ISBN1118726871, 9781118726877
Largo592 páginas
  
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