Full Description
The Third Edition of this popular anthology examines contemporary gangs, gang life, and law enforcement efforts to study and coordinate the community's response to them. The book contains original essays from a broad array of renowned researchers and experienced practitioners who work with gangs. A wide variety of current topics and issues are covered, including: female gangs and ganging; ethnic diversity; economic, neighborhood and school contexts of gang behavior; gun and drug relationships, and research methods used in the study of gangs.
As communities face ever-growing gang-related problems, Gangs in America III provides the most up-to-date information on the diverse perspectives and complex issues that arise in our efforts to understand, prevent, and control gang violence and crime.
For Your Courses in:
Criminology
Criminal Justice
Sociology
Victimization
Text Recommended for:
Upper Division Undergraduate Level
Graduate Level
Contents
PART I: THE GANG: CHANGING BOUNDARIES, JOINING, "BANGING," AND GETTING OUT
1. The Changing Boundaries of Youth Gangs - J.C. Howell, et al.
2. Joining the Gang: Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Gang Membership - C. Maxson and M. L. Whitlock
3. Initiation of Drug Use, Drug Sales, and Violent Offending Among a Sample of Gang and Non-Gang Youth - F.A. Esbensen, et al
4. Leaving the Gang - S.H. Decker and J.L. Lauritsen
PART II: THE ARENAS: NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITIES, AND SCHOOLS
5. Neighborhood Dynamics and Gang Behavior - R. J. Bursik, Jr.
6. Introducing Hoover: I'll Ride for You, Gangsta' - S.R. Cureton
7. Gangs and the Informal Economy - J.M. Hagedorn
8. Gangs, Violence, and Safe Schools - K.S. Trump
9. Gangs and Community-Oriented Policing - C.R. Huff and K.H. Shafer
10. Issues in Developing and Maintaining a Regional Gang Incident Tracking System - J.W. Meeker and B.Vila
PART III: THE INCREASING DIVERSITY OF GANGS
11. A Cross-Cultural Framework to Understand Gangs: Multiple Marginality and Los Angeles - J. D. Vigil and S.C. Yun
12. The Girls in the Gang: What We've Learned from Two Decades of Research - J. Miller
13. Doing Field Research on Diverse Gangs: Interpreting Youth Gangs As Social Networks - M.S. Fleisher
14. Chinese Gangs: Familial and Cultural Dynamics - S.X. Zhang
15. Street Gangs: A Cross-National Perspective - M.W. Klein
PART IV: GANG RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY
16. Ganging Up On Gangs: Anti-Loitering and Public Nuisance Laws - G. Geis
17. New Approaches to the Strategic Prevention of Gang and Group-Involved Violence - A.A. Braga, et al.
18. Gangs and Public Policy: Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression - C.R. Huff
