Gangs in America III. (©2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Gangs in America 3
• Further Information: Note: Edited by C. Ronald Huff.
• Other Names: Huff, C. Ronald
• Contents: Pt. 1. The gang : changing boundaries, joining, "banging, " and getting out: 1. The changing boundaries of youth gangs / James C. Howell, John P. Moore, and Arlen Egley, Jr. ; 2. Joing the gang : gender differences in risk factors for gang membership / Cheryl Maxson and Monica L. Whitlock ; 3. Initiation of drug use, drug sales, and violent offending among a sample of gang and nongang youth / Finn-Aage Esbensen [and others] ; 4. Leaving a gang / Scott H. Decker and Janet L. Lauritsen -- pt. 2. The arenas : neighborhoods, communities, and schools: 5. The systemic model of gang behavior : a reconsideration / Robert J. Bursik, Jr. ; 6. Introducing Hoover : I'll ride for you, gangsta' / Steven R. Cureton ; 7. Gands and the informal economy / John M. Hagedorn ; 8. Gangs, violence, and safe schools / Kenneth S. Trump ; 9. Gangs and community-oriented policing : transforming organizational culture / C. Ronald Huff and Kent H. Shafer ; 10. Issues in developing and maintaining a regional gang incident tracking system / James W. Meeker and Bryan Villa ; pt. 3. The increasing diversity of gangs: 11. A cross-cultural framework for understanding gangs : multiple marginality and Los Angeles / James Diego Vigil and Steve C. Yun ; 12. The girls in the gang : what we've learned from two decades of research / Jody Miller ; 13. Doing field research on diverse gangs : interpreting youth gangs as social networks / Mark S. Fleisher ; 14. Chinese gangs : familial and cultural dynamics / Sheldon X. Zhang ; 15. Street gangs : a cross-national perspective / Malcolm W. Klein -- pt. 4. Gang research and public policy: 16. Ganging up on gangs : anti-loitering and public nuisance laws / Gilbert Geis ; 17. New approaches to the strategic prevention of gang and group-involved violence / Anthony A. Braga, David M. Kennedy, and George E. Tita ; 18. Gangs and public policy : prevention, intervention, and suppression / C. Ronald Huff.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications
• Publication Date: 2002
• Copyright Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvii, 332 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 364.1/06/0973; Gangs -- United States; TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime; Gangs; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452264219; 9781452232201; 1452232202
• Related ISBNs: 145226421X; 076192423X; 9780761924234; 0761924248; 9780761924241
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-314) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.