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Preventing Weapon Crime and Gang Membership

Author : Angelique Flemming
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1477214852
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book Preventing Weapon Crime and Gang Membership written by Angelique Flemming and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-05-02 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides information which can support and assist in the prevention of weapon related crime and gang membership amongst young people. It provides those working with young people with the backgorund knowledge to support the delivery of workshops which are aimed at equipping young people with positive and informed decision making skills which may prevent their involvement with weapon crime and gang membership. The workshops suggested throughout this book are easy to follow and relevant to the overall aim of preventing weapon crime and gang membership amongst young people. Allowing Young People to discuss, explore, debate and fully understand the costs and consequences of weapon crime and gang membership within a safe environment, can greatly contribute towards a nationwide effort to steer Young People away from weapon carrying and gang recruitment. There is an additional student workbook which accompanies this resource. For more information please e-mail the address provided below. Positive About Learning (as Jpg Company Logo 2) - PAL (as Jpg Company Logo 1) - is an educational organisation providing a range of resources aimed at tackling some of the complex and difficult social issues among Young People. These resources provide creative ways for Practitioners to positively engage and educate Young People and ultimately empower them with informed decision making skills. For more information about PAL (as Jpg Company Logo 2), available resources or services please e-mail [email protected]

Firearms and Violence

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309091241
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Firearms and Violence written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-01-13 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years proposals for gun control and the ownership of firearms have been among the most contentious issues in American politics. For public authorities to make reasonable decisions on these matters, they must take into account facts about the relationship between guns and violence as well as conflicting constitutional claims and divided public opinion. In performing these tasks, legislators need adequate data and research to judge both the effects of firearms on violence and the effects of different violence control policies. Readers of the research literature on firearms may sometimes find themselves unable to distinguish scholarship from advocacy. Given the importance of this issue, there is a pressing need for a clear and unbiased assessment of the existing portfolio of data and research. Firearms and Violence uses conventional standards of science to examine three major themes - firearms and violence, the quality of research, and the quality of data available. The book assesses the strengths and limitations of current databases, examining current research studies on firearm use and the efforts to reduce unjustified firearm use and suggests ways in which they can be improved.

Responding to gangs : evaluation and research

Author : Scott H. Decker
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428925937
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Responding to gangs : evaluation and research written by Scott H. Decker and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers presents a representative selection of the National Institute of Justice's portfolio of gang-related research. The 10 papers are: (1) "A Decade of Gang Research: Findings of the National Institute of Justice Gang Portfolio" (Scott H. Decker); (2) "The Evolution of Street Gangs: An Examination of Form and Variation" (Deborah Lamm Weisel); (3) "Young Women in Street Gangs: Risk Factors, Delinquency, and Victimization Risk" (Jody Miller); (4) "Youth Gang Homicides in the United States in the 1990s" (Cheryl L. Maxson, G. David Curry, and James C. Howell); (5) "National Evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training [G.R.E.A.T.] Program" (Finn-Aage Esbensen, Adrienne Freng, Terrance J. Taylor, Dana Peterson, and D. Wayne Osgood); (6) "Evaluating Nevada's Antigang Legislation and Gang Prosecution Units" (Terance D. Miethe and Richard C. McCorkle); (7) "Evaluation of a Task Force Approach to Gangs" (Susan Pennell and Roni Melton); (8) "Gang Prevention Programs for Female Adolescents: An Evaluation" (Katherine Williams, G. David Curry, and Marcia I Cohen); (9) "Reducing Gang Violence in Boston" (Anthony A. Braga and David M. Kennedy); and (10) "Developing a GIS-Based Regional Gang Incident Tracking System" (James W. Meeker, Katie J.B. Parsons, and Bryan J. Vila). (Papers contain references.) (SM).

Youth Gangs

Author : James C. Howell
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Youth Gangs written by James C. Howell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1998 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has seen rapid proliferation of youth gangs since 1980. During this period, the number of cities with gang problems increased from an estimated 286 jurisdictions with more than 2,000 gangs and nearly 100,000 gang members in 1980 (Miller, 1992) to about 4,800 jurisdictions with more than 31,000 gangs and approximately 846,000 gang members in 1996(Moore and Terrett, in press). An 11-city survey of eighth graders found that 9 percent were currently gang members, and 17 percent said they had belonged to a gang at some point in their lives (Esbensen and Osgood, 1997).Other studies reported comparable percentages and also showed that gang members were responsible for a large proportion of violent offenses. In the Rochester site of the OJJDP-funded Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency, gang members (30 percent of the sample) self-reported committing 68 percent of all violent offenses (Thornberry, 1998). In the Denver site, adolescent gang members (14 percent of the sample) self-reported committing 89 percent of all serious violent offenses (Huizinga, 1997). In another study, supported by OJJDP and several other agenciesand organizations, adolescent gang members in Seattle (15 percent of the sample) self-reported involvement in 85 percent of robberies committed by the entire sample (Battin et al., 1998).This Bulletin reviews data and research to consolidate available knowledge on youth gangs that are involved in criminal activity. Following a historical perspective, demographic information ispresented. The scope of the problem is assessed, including gang problems in juvenile detention and correctional facilities. Several issues are then addressed by reviewing gang studies to provide aclearer understanding of youth gang problems.An extensive list of references is provided for further review.

Promising Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence

Author : David I. Sheppard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Promising Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence written by David I. Sheppard and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culmination of a survey and review conducted by a U.S. Department of Justice Work Group and COSMOS Corporation.

Regulating Gun Sales

Author : Daniel W Webster
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1421411725
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Regulating Gun Sales written by Daniel W Webster and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This excerpt from the “masterful, timely, data-driven” study of the gun control debate examines the potential of stronger purchasing laws (Choice). As the debate on gun control continues, evidence-based research is needed to answer a crucial question: How do we reduce gun violence? One of the biggest gun policy reforms under consideration is the regulation of firearm sales and stopping the diversion of guns to criminals. This selection from the major anthology of studies Reducing Gun Violence in America presents compelling evidence that stronger purchasing laws and better enforcement of these laws result in lower gun violence. Additional material for this edition includes an introduction by Michael R. Bloomberg and Consensus Recommendations for Reforms to Federal Gun Policies from the Johns Hopkins University.

Oxford Textbook of Violence Prevention

Author : Peter D. Donnelly
Publisher : Oxford Textbooks in Public Hea
ISBN 13 : 0199678723
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Violence Prevention written by Peter D. Donnelly and published by Oxford Textbooks in Public Hea. This book was released on 2015 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Oxford Textbook Violence Prevention' brings together an international team of experts to provide an extensive global account of the global mortality and morbidity burden caused by violence through examining the causes of violence, and what can be done to prevent and reduce violence.

Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309284414
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Book Synopsis Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence by : National Research Council

Download or read book Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2010, more than 105,000 people were injured or killed in the United States as the result of a firearm-related incident. Recent, highly publicized, tragic mass shootings in Newtown, CT; Aurora, CO; Oak Creek, WI; and Tucson, AZ, have sharpened the American public's interest in protecting our children and communities from the harmful effects of firearm violence. While many Americans legally use firearms for a variety of activities, fatal and nonfatal firearm violence poses a serious threat to public safety and welfare. In January 2013, President Barack Obama issued 23 executive orders directing federal agencies to improve knowledge of the causes of firearm violence, what might help prevent it, and how to minimize its burden on public health. One of these orders directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to, along with other federal agencies, immediately begin identifying the most pressing problems in firearm violence research. The CDC and the CDC Foundation asked the IOM, in collaboration with the National Research Council, to convene a committee tasked with developing a potential research agenda that focuses on the causes of, possible interventions to, and strategies to minimize the burden of firearm-related violence. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence focuses on the characteristics of firearm violence, risk and protective factors, interventions and strategies, the impact of gun safety technology, and the influence of video games and other media.

Gang Prevention

Author : James C. Howell
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437944825
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book Gang Prevention written by James C. Howell and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents an overview of gang research and programs in the United States and examines how gangs form and why youth join them. It is based on information on research findings and prevention strategies disseminated by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention as part of its comprehensive anti-gang initiative. This report describes how community members can start assessing their gang problems and enhance prevention and intervention activities to help prevent delinquency and gang violence. It identifies promising and effective programs for gang prevention. Illustrations. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.

Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement

Author : Finn-Aage Esbensen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement written by Finn-Aage Esbensen and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Crime Prevention

Author : Karen Evans
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 144624203X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Crime Prevention written by Karen Evans and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-12-20 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we reduce and prevent crime? This is a question with which governments, academics and criminal justice professionals have been grappling for decades. Crime Prevention explores the legislative developments, policy changes and practical strategies that have been put in place in recent years in an attempt to manage the level of crime in our society. The book also assesses how governments′ approaches to serious crime, the war on terror, human rights and race and immigration policies have influenced ideas about community safety and crime prevention. It offers a handy glossary, along with suggestions for further reading, in order to enhance understanding of critical issues. Accessible and compelling, this book is essential reading for students of criminology, criminal justice and social policy. It is also an indispensable analytical tool for professionals working within the criminal justice arena.

Better Crime Prevention

Author : Nick Tilley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040004040
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Better Crime Prevention written by Nick Tilley and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-22 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Better Crime Prevention provides a critical guide to theory, research, ethics, and politics in relation to crime prevention policy and practice. It concludes with an agenda for continuous improvement. The book also demonstrates what is involved in doing theoretically informed and realistically applied social science orientated to reducing harms. The focus throughout this book is on ethical and effective ways to reduce crime-related harms. There are chapters on how to target crime prevention efforts, crime prevention theories and frameworks, ethical issues in crime prevention, the practical conduct of crime prevention, evidence-based crime prevention, the politics of crime prevention, and the need for continuous adaptation in crime prevention. Student readers will obtain an overview of, and capacity critically to engage with, crime prevention theory and practice. Policymakers and practitioner readers will be able to make better-informed decisions about what to do and how to allocate crime prevention resources. Social scientists interested in contributing realistically to harm reduction will better understand how they can go about doing so.

Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders

Author : Rolf Loeber
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506320457
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders written by Rolf Loeber and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1998-01-27 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed and comprehensive, Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders presents authoritative discussions by a select group of leading scholars on issues surrounding serious and violent juvenile offenders. This population is responsible for a disproportionate percentage of all crime and poses the greatest challenge to juvenile justice policymakers. Under the skillful editorship of Rolf Loeber and David P. Farrington, this unique volume integrates knowledge about risk and protective factors with information about intervention and prevention programs so that conclusions from each area can inform the other. Current literature on these two areas does not, for the most part, apply directly to serious and violent juvenile offenders. This volume contends that serious and violent juvenile offenders tend to start displaying behavior problems and delinquency early in life, warranting early intervention. It is the contributors′ thesis that prevention is never too early. They also maintain, however, that interventions for serious and violent juvenile offenders can never be too late in that effective interventions exist for known serious and violent juvenile offenders. Augmented by charts, tables, graphs, figures, and an extensive bibliography, Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders is an excellent reference work and a must read for policy and lawmakers, judges, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, education administrators, researchers, academics, social workers, sociologists, as well as graduate students and interns.

From Juvenile Delinquency to Adult Crime: Criminal Careers, Justice Policy, and Prevention

Author : Rolf Loeber
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199828172
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book From Juvenile Delinquency to Adult Crime: Criminal Careers, Justice Policy, and Prevention written by Rolf Loeber and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a juvenile delinquent develop into an adult criminal? What defines-cognitively, developmentally, legally-the transition from juvenile to adult and what determines whether patterns of criminal behavior persist? In most US states and Western nations, legal adulthood begins at age 18. This volume focuses on the period surrounding that abrupt transition (roughly ages 15-29) and addresses what happens to offending careers during it. Edited by two leading authorities in the fields of psychology and criminology, Transitions from Juvenile Delinquency to Adult Crime examines why the period of transition is important and how it can be better understood and addressed both inside and outside of the justice system. Bringing together over thirty leading scholars from multiple disciplines in both North America and Europe, this volume asks critical questions about criminal careers and causation, and whether current legal definitions of adulthood accurately reflect actual maturation and development. The volume also addresses the current efficacy of the justice system in addressing juvenile crime and recidivism, why and how juveniles ought to be treated differently from adults, if special legal provisions should be established for young adults, and the effectiveness of crime prevention programs implemented during early childhood and adolescence. With serious scholarly analysis and practical policy proposals, Transitions from Juvenile Delinquency to Adult Crime addresses what can be done to ensure that todays juvenile delinquents do not become tomorrows adult criminals.

Getting Real with Guns and Knives: A Resource Guide for Teachers, Parents, Young People and the Wider Community’

Author : Letise Sampson
Publisher : NJA Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1916066712
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Getting Real with Guns and Knives: A Resource Guide for Teachers, Parents, Young People and the Wider Community’ written by Letise Sampson and published by NJA Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting Real with Guns and Knives: Covering Laws, Gang Culture, Music & Social Media Influences, Prevention Strategies and Much More is a 2020 Dreams publication focused on raising awareness about the history, causes, legal implications and potential solutions to knife and gun crime. Most people understand that carrying a knife represents a serious threat to life and liberty. Yet too many young people still make the decision to carry one. Youths and adults alike are sometimes exposed to myths about knives and guns so it is important that everyone keeps themselves fully informed. For example, did you know that: It is illegal to sell a knife of any kind to anyone under the age of 18 (except in Scotland where cutlery and kitchen knives are allowed) It is illegal to buy, sell or carry a firearm without a license It is illegal to buy or sell an imitation firearm to anyone under the age of 18 It is illegal to carry a knife in public without good reason unless the blade is 3 inches or shorter and it is not a banned type (e.g. a Swiss army knife is allowed) Examples of banned knives include zombie knives, disguised knives, stealth knives and swords. It is illegal for anyone to buy, sell or carry these Self-protection is never deemed a good reason to carry a knife It is illegal to use any knife – even a legal one – in a threatening manner ‘Getting Real with Guns and Knives,’ will equip readers with up to date information, research findings and the details of various weapon crime strategies. All 2020 Rising publications are also designed to be hands-on and practical. Teachers and parents will find plenty of activities, discussion points and real life case studies (both uplifting and harrowing) to help them to engage with their students and children. Topics include: The impact of weapon crime on physical and mental health Peer influence and weapon use The effects of social media and video games The role of the police and government in tackling knives and guns Borough wars and the postcode trap Risk perception and reassuring communities The reasons why youths carry knives Predicting youth violence Measuring outcomes of anti-weapon strategies Knife and gun law through time Trap and drill music: a cause or a symptom? The link between drug trafficking and weapons use County lines operations History of knife crime in the United Kingdom Better together: why we need multi-agency strategies The need for school and family initiatives Risk and protective factors Violent behaviour and youth culture

Reducing the risk of violent crime

Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780102952964
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Reducing the risk of violent crime written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008-02-21 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Home Office has been effective at raising the profile of domestic violence and alcohol related crime and encouraging local action to address these issues. Such action is likely to have made some contribution to the overall fall in levels of violent crime. It has not yet managed to address successfully barriers which are reducing the effectiveness of crime prevention activities at a local level and which have been raised in previous reports by the National Audit Office and the Committee of Public Accounts. However, the Home Office has made some progress in addressing these barriers. The persistence of these barriers means that good practice has not been extended from small initiatives, and Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships have not been able to take a long-term, strategic approach to tackling violent crime. There are a number of NAO recommendations.

The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics

Author : Francesco Parisi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199684251
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics written by Francesco Parisi and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics provides a broad overview of numerous current and developing topics in the field of law and economics. With contributions by over one-hundred experts in the field within one work, the volume covers issues ranging from as far as Law and Neuroeconomics to European Union Law and Economics to Feminist Theory and Law and Economics. Its detail and breadth make it an invaluable reference book and contribution to the field.