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A Response to Youth Gangs for Mid-size Law Enforcement Agencies

Author : Richard F. Thomas
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book A Response to Youth Gangs for Mid-size Law Enforcement Agencies written by Richard F. Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A futures study was completed to become the foundation for a strategic plan for police in mid-size cities to respond to juvenile gangs. Through personal interviews conducted in 20 mid-size cities, researchers learned that most of the cities had either recently experienced the emergence of a youth gang issue in their community or feared they might. To further define the future, a nominal group panel was assembled. It identified five trends and events that would have the most impact on the issue. Based on an analysis of those trends and events and their cross-impact, two themes emerged. First, communities, especially mid-size ones, must treat youth gangs as not only a police problem but a community issue. Second, those communities must act immediately at the first sign of an emerging youth gang problem in their community. To that end, the author developed a strategic plan. The strategic plan provides a multilevel comprehensive approach. This approach emphasizes dealing proactively with an emerging juvenile gang issue. The three strategy elements are to be applied incrementally as the severity and intensity of the problem dictates. They include graffiti abatement, gang unit deployment, city council commitment, education of school officials, zero-tolerance law enforcement, gang activity reporting, parent contact, criminal justice system coordination, and top police departmental priority. Other elements of the strategy are news media involvement, a community advisory board, the G.I.A.R.Y. program, and a multi-agency task force. The report concludes with a transition management plan.

Youth Gangs and Community Intervention

Author : Robert J. Chaskin
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023114685X
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Youth Gangs and Community Intervention written by Robert J. Chaskin and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a range of program and policy responses to youth gangs exist, most are largely based on suppression, implemented by the police or other criminal justice agencies. Less attention and fewer resources have been directed to prevention and intervention strategies that draw on the participation of community organizations, schools, and social service agencies in the neighborhoods in which gangs operate. Also underemphasized is the importance of integrating such approaches at the local level. In this volume, leading researchers discuss effective intervention among youth gangs, focusing on the ideas behind, approaches to, and evidence about the effectiveness of community-based, youth gang interventions. Treating community as a crucial unit of analysis and action, these essays reorient our understanding of gangs and the measures undertaken to defeat them. They emphasize the importance of community, both as a context that shapes opportunity and as a resource that promotes positive youth engagement. Covering key themes and debates, this book explores the role of social capital and collective efficacy in informing youth gang intervention and evaluation, the importance of focusing on youth development within the context of community opportunities and pressures, and the possibilities of better linking research, policy, and practice when responding to youth gangs, among other critical issues.

Responding to Gangs

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Responding to Gangs written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Policing Gangs and Youth Violence

Author : Scott H. Decker
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Policing Gangs and Youth Violence written by Scott H. Decker and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of The Wadsworth Professionalism in Policing Series, edited by Samuel Walker. This reader is a descriptive presentation of current practices within policing and juvenile justice (focusing on gangs) that utilize the community-policing model. By looking at specific strategies and their efficacy, the authors attempt to combat a major perceived problem with community policing; that the methodology of community policing can be subjective and nebulous, using ill-defined and misinterpreted practices. This book shows what is working for agencies across the country and how these "best practices" can be employed.

Police Handling of Youth Gangs

Author : Jerome Needle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Police Handling of Youth Gangs written by Jerome Needle and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Youth Gangs

Author : Irving A. Spergel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Youth Gangs written by Irving A. Spergel and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gang Suppression and Intervention

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Gang Suppression and Intervention written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

National Youth Gang Survey

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book National Youth Gang Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Specialized Gang Units

Author : Deborah Lamm Weisel
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437931073
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book Specialized Gang Units written by Deborah Lamm Weisel and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Between 1980 and the mid-1990s, the number of specialized gang units (SGU) in law enforcement agencies increased substantially. The rise in SGU coincided with the widespread adoption of community policing (CP). This report examined whether CP and SGU are complementary or conflicting approaches. The research approach consisted of field observation of gang personnel in two CP agencies with SGU: Indianapolis, IN, and San Diego, CA. This report describes the specific types of activities engaged in by SGU -- documenting the time expended by SGU personnel on each. The results suggest that SGU can have an important role in modern policing. There is little evidence that SGU conflict with CU in principle or practice.

Gangs

Author : Scott Cummings
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438400195
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Gangs written by Scott Cummings and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1993-03-03 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an examination of contemporary gangs in American cities. Gangs have proliferated over the past ten years and pose a new set of challenges to public officials, law enforcement agencies, and urban educators. Most major cities are now confronted with serious problems derived from gang violence, drug traffic, and disruption of the public educational system. In the face of deindustrialization and deepening recession, many minority youngsters view gangs as attractive alternatives to a futile search for employment in a deteriorating urban economy. Perhaps most significant, gangs are now beginning to emerge in small and medium-sized cities. Some of the nation's leading scientists and scholars have been brought together in this book to examine the contemporary contours of America's gang problem, including Daniel J. Monti, Joan Moore, Scott Cummings, Howard Pinderhughes, Diego Vigil, Ray Hutchison, Felix Padilla, Jerome H. Skolnick, Pat Jackson, and Robert A. Destro. New material dealing with wilding gangs, migration and drug trafficking, and public educational disruption appear in this volume. Other topics covered include how gangs are organized, what social function they serve, their relation to conventional society, and the social and psychological factors that contribute to their rise. The relationship of the contemporary gang problem to past research is explored, and a rich variety of case histories and comparative analysis is presented. The book also includes a section on public policy.

Looking Beyond Suppression

Author : Erika Gebo
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739150162
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Looking Beyond Suppression written by Erika Gebo and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book significantly contributes to the knowledge on how to address gang problems from a broad community perspective, which takes into account criminal justice agencies, social service providers, and community leaders, along with police, who have implemented collaborative anti-gang policies and practices. As community-wide efforts become more common, it is increasingly important to investigate effective strategies to address social problems. Beyond Suppression: Community Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence explores a demonstration project of one state's efforts to reduce gang and youth violence through use of a comprehensive initiative, the Comprehensive Gang Model (CGM). The relevance of the CGM as a conceptual framework to guide gang policy and practice is illustrated throughout the book, and tailored gang reduction strategies derived from that framework and rooted in the ecological constitution of communities are showcased. The chapters highlight implementation strategies employed by various communities using a case study methodology that assists in garnering an in-depth perspective of implementation issues and key dimensions of the CGM. This book answers important questions about how communities operationalize the CGM. The results of these investigations are important for scholars, learners, and practitioners who seek to address gang violence using a customized response.

Urban Street Gang Enforcement

Author : Edward Connors
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788172557
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Urban Street Gang Enforcement written by Edward Connors and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents strategies to enhance prosecution of gang-related crimes, focusing exclusively on enforcement and prosecution strategies against urban street gangs. Includes a step-by-step guide for designing and implementing a program based on the Model Strategies for Urban Street Enforcement, a demonstration program designed to establish model approaches to prevent and suppress gang violence. Contents: key elements of the gang suppression prototype, planning and analysis, gang info. and intelligence systems, gang suppression operations and tactics, interagency cooperation and collaboration, legal issues, and process and impact evaluation.

Gangs

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Gangs written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current through June 1994 with respect to statutes.

Policing Gangs in America

Author : Charles M. Katz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139448277
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Policing Gangs in America written by Charles M. Katz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-09 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 this 2006 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. The book is broadly focused on describing how gang units respond to community gang problems, and answers such questions as: why do police agencies organize their responses to gangs in certain ways? Who are the people who elect to police gangs? How do they make sense of gang members - individuals who spark fear in most citizens? What are their jobs really like? What characterizes their working environment? How do their responses to the gang problem fit with other policing strategies, such as community policing?

The Youth Gang Problem

Author : Irving A. Spergel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195357868
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Youth Gang Problem written by Irving A. Spergel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-06-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day there are new stories of gang-related crime: from the proliferation of illegal weapons in the streets and children dealing drugs in their schools, to innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire of never-ending gang wars. Once considered an urban phenomenon, gang violence is permeating American life, spreading to the suburbs and bringing the problem closer to home for much of America. The government, schools, social agencies, and the justice system are conspicuous by their sporadic interest in the subject and have failed to develop effective policies and programs. Existing social support mechanisms and strategies for suppressing violence have often been unsuccessful. And, state and federal policy is largely nonexistent. In The Youth Gang Problem: A Community Approach, Irving Spergel provides a systematic analysis of youth gangs in the United States. Based on research, historical and comparative analysis, and agency documents and the author's extensive first-hand experience, the work explores the gang problem from the perspective of community disorganization, especially population movement, and the plight of the underclass. It examines the factors of gang member personality, gang dynamics, criminal organization, and the influence of family, school, prisons, and politics, as well as the response of criminal justice agencies and community groups. Spergel describes techniques used by social agencies, schools, employment programs, criminal justice agencies, and grass-roots organizations for dealing with gangs, and recommends strategies that emphasize the use of local resources, planning, and collaborative procedures. There is no single strategy and no easy solution to the youth gang problem in the United States. There are, however, substantial steps we can take, and they must be honestly and systematically tested. Offering a practical and alternative approach to a serious social problem, The Youth Gang Problem: A Community Approach is a major and long-awaited contribution to this dilemma. It is required reading for criminal justice personnel, school staff, social workers, policy makers, students and scholars of urban and organizational sociology, and the general reader concerned with the youth gang problem and how to control, intervene, and prevent it.

Agency Responses to Gang Violence in Los Angeles County

Author : Dolores Ann Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agency Responses to Gang Violence in Los Angeles County written by Dolores Ann Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gangs in America III

Author : C. Ronald Huff
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0761924248
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Gangs in America III written by C. Ronald Huff and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays in this anthology examine contemporary gangs, gang life, and law enforcement efforts to study and coordinate the community response to them.