Street Gang Patterns and Policies

Name: Street Gang Patterns and Policies
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ISBN: 9780195163445

ISBN-10: 0195163443

ISBN-13: 9780195163445

Edition: 2006

Authors: Malcolm W. Klein, Cheryl L. Maxson

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Street Gang Patterns and Policies provides a crucial update and critical examination of knowledge about gangs and major gang control programs across the nation. Malcolm Klein and Cheryl Maxson here focus on gang proliferation, migration, and crime patterns, and highlight known risk factors that lead to youths joining gangs and to gang formation within communities. Dispelling long-standing assumptions that the public--and the media and law enforcement--have about streetgangs, they present a comprehensive overview of how gangs are organized and structured. The authors assess the major gang programs across the nation, and argue that existing prevention, intervention and suppression methods,…

Book details

List price: $69.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/27/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 9.25" wide x 6.50" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English







Gang Prevalence, Proliferation, and Migration



Gang Crime Patterns



Six Major Gang Control Programs






Individual Level Context: Risk Factors for Joining Gangs



Gang Structures and Group Processes



Community Context






Multiple Goals for Gang Control Programs and Policies



A Model for Policy Choices