Malcolm W Klein, Cheryl L Maxson

Street Gang Patterns and Policies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Street Gang Patterns and Policies provides a crucial update and critical examination of knowledge about gangs and major gang control programs across the nation. Filling an important gap in the literature on street gangs and social control, this book is a must-read for criminologists, social workers, policy makers, and criminal justice practitioners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780199742899
• ISBN-10: 0199742898
• Artikelnr.: 29737778

Autorenporträt

Malcolm W. Klein is Emeritus Professor at University of Southern California. Cheryl L. Maxson is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part One
1.: Gang Prevalence, Proliferation, and Migration
2.: Gang Crime Patterns
3.: Six Major Gang Control Programs
Part Two
4.: Individual Level Context: Risk Factors for Joining Gangs
5.: Gang Structures and Group Processes
6.: Community Contexts
Part Three
7.: Multiple Goals for Gang Control Programs and Policies
8.: A Model for Policy Choices
Notes
Bibliography
Index