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Studying Youth Gangs

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ISBN-10: 0759109397

ISBN-13: 9780759109391

Edition: 2006

Authors: James Short, Lorine Hughes, Brendan Dooley, Mark Fleisher, John Hagedorn

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This absorbing new collection is an introduction to the study of gangs how we define them, what we know and kno't know about gangs. The authors offer both a domestic and international view of processes of delinquency and gang formation and identity. It is an ideal text for criminal justice, sociology and social work, and a resource for law enforcement, probation and parole practitioners, and public defenders.
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Book details

List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 4/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.42" wide x 8.92" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 1.034

Mark Jurdjevic is Associate Professor of History at Glendon College, York University.Brendan Dooley is Professor of Renaissance Studies at University College Cork.

Mark Fleisher was born on Cinco de Mayo, 1943, in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Ohio University. He is an Air Force veteran, serving in Vietnam as a combat news reporter. After a 22-year newspaper career, he worked in Chemung (NY) County government as director of public information and as a veterans' counselor. His freelance writing has appeared in Life in the Finger Lakes magazine, the New York State Historical Journal, Black Athlete Sports Network, and upstate New York newspapers. He is a contributor to the 2015 Fixed and Free Poetry Anthology. He moved to Albuquerque in October 2013 from…    

Preface
Acknowledgments
Why Study Gangs? An Intellectual Journey
Are "Gang" Studies Dangerous? Youth Violence, Local Context, and the Problem of Reification
Studying Youth Gangs: The Importance of Context
The Gang Facilitation Effect and Neighborhood Risk: Do Gangs Have a Stronger Influence on Delinquency in Disadvantaged Areas?
Neighborhood Effects on Street Gang Behavior
Youth Gang Social Dynamics and Social Network Analysis: Applying Degree Centrality Measures to Assess the Nature of Gang Boundaries
Social Network Analysis and Gang Research: Theory and Methods
A Public Health Model for Studying Youth Gangs
The Value of Comparisons in Street Gang Research
Hate Groups or Street Gangs? The Emergence of Racist Skinheads
Youth Gang Research in Australia
The Global Impact of Gangs
Gang Membership and Community Corrections Populations: Characteristics and Recidivism Rates Relative to Other Offenders
The Comprehensive, Community-wide Gang Program Model: Success and Failure
Moving Gang Research Forward
References
Index
About the Contributors