Policing gangs and youth violence
by
Decker, Scott H.
Title
:
Policing gangs and youth violence
Author
:
Decker, Scott H.
ISBN
:
9780534598419
Publication Information
:
Belmont, Calif. : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2003 [i. e. 2002].
Physical Description
:
xiii, 298 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Series
:
Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series
Series Title
:
Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series
Contents
:
Gangs, community policing, and problem solving / Policing gangs in an era of community policing / Boston's Youth Violence Prevention Program : a comprehensive community-wide approach / Problem solving to reduce gang and drug-related violence in Indianapolis / From Boston to Boyle Heights : the process and prospects of a "pulling levers" strategy in a Los Angeles barrio / Evaluating nuisance abatement at gang and drug houses in Chicago / Beyond curfews and crackdowns : an overview of the Mountlake Terrace Neutral Zone-AmeriCorps Program / Suppression without prevention, prevention without suppression : gang intervention in St. Louis / The Anti-Gang Initiative in Detroit : an aggressive enforcement approach to gangs / For the sake of the neighborhood? : civil gang injunctions as a gang intervention tool in Southern California / Gang suppression through saturation patrol and aggressive curfew and truancy enforcement : a quasi-experimental test of the Dallas Anti-Gang Initiative / Policing gangs and youth violence : where do we stand, where do we go from here?
Abstract
:
Presented in this book are current practices within policing and juvenile justice (focusing on gangs), which utilize the community-policing model. By looking at specific strategies and their efficacy, the authors attempt to combat a major perceived problem with community policing; that the methodology of community policing can be subjective and nebulous, using ill-defined and misinterpreted practices. This book shows what is working for agencies across the country and how these "best practices" can be employed. Includes a focus on Boston as a model for gang policing strategies, other chapters are set in different regions of the United States.
Subject Term
:
Violence -- United States -- Prevention.
Juvenile delinquency -- United States -- Prevention.
Community policing -- United States.
Gang prevention -- United States.
Youth and violence -- United States -- Prevention.
Crime prevention -- United States.
Gangs -- United States.
Added Author
:
Decker, Scott H.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| Cataloguing | Unknown | 26410-1002 | NO CONFIGURATION | 2 |