Psychology of Gang Involvement (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Wood, Jane L; Frisby-Osman, Sarah; Mallion, Jaimee

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Psychology of Gangs expands existing knowledge by applying psychological knowledge to gangs, including how gang members think, their mental and emotional wellbeing, and their perceptions of gang involvement, as well as issues relating to gang prevention and intervention strategies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000774436
• Artikelnr.: 66202316

Autorenporträt

Jane L. Wood is Professor of Forensic Psychology, Registered and Chartered Forensic Psychologist in the Centre of Research and Education, School of Psychology, University of Kent, UK. She has published widely for the past 20 years on the psychology of both prison and street gang involvement. Jaimee S. Mallion is Doctor of Forensic Psychology at London South Bank University. Her areas of interest are the formation, maintenance, disengagement, and mental health of street gang members, and offender rehabilitation. She focuses on applying the Good Lives Model as a framework for street gang intervention. Sarah Frisby-Osman completed her doctorate in Forensic Psychology at the University of Kent. Having worked with vulnerable youth since 2012, her research on gang-affiliated youth examines the interplay between gang membership and behavioral, emotional, and psychological factors. She currently works as Research Development Manager at the University of Sussex.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives of Gang Membership
Chapter 1: A Case Study Examination of Gang Involvement Using a Unified
Theory Framework
Chapter 2: Bonds in Gangs: Understanding the Importance of Group Processes
Within Street Gang Members' Cognition
Chapter 3: Gang Member Typologies and Levels of Embeddedness
Part 2: Psychological Characteristics of Gang Members
Chapter 4: The Role of Trauma in the Developmental Trajectories of
Gang-Involved Youth
Chapter 5: Like a Moth to a Flame: Behavioral Disorders and Gangs
Chapter 6: The Psychology of Adult Gang Involvement
Part 3: Reducing Gang Involvement
Chapter 7: Responding to Street Gangs and Street Gang Members: Integrating
Public Health and Criminal Justice
Chapter 8: Preventing and reducing gang membership
Chapter 9: Novel Approach to Gang Intervention: Applying the Good Lives
Model