TY  - BOOK
AU  - Huff,C.Ronald
TI  - Gangs in America III
SN  - 0761924248 :
AV  - HV6439.U5 G36 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Thousand Oaks
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Gangs
KW  - United States
N1  - Rev. ed. of: Gangs in America. 2nd ed. c1996; Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-314) and index; Foreword: What Is Past Is Prelude: Gangs in America and Elsewhere / James F. Short, Jr. -- The Gang: Changing Boundaries, Joining, "Banging," and Getting Out -- The Changing Boundaries of Youth Gangs / James C. Howell, John P. Moore, Arlen Egley, Jr. -- Joining the Gang: Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Gang Membership / Cheryl Maxson, Monica L. Whitlock -- Initiation of Drug Use, Drug Sales, and Violent Offending Among a Sample of Gang and Nongang Youth / Finn-Aage Esbensen, Dana Peterson, Adrienne Freng, Terrance J. Taylor -- Leaving the Gang / Scott H. Decker, Janet L. Lauritsen -- The Arenas: Neighborhoods, Communities, and Schools -- The Systemic Model of Gang Behavior: A Reconsideration / Robert J. Bursik, Jr. -- Introducing Hoover: I'll Ride for You, Gangsta' / Steven R. Cureton -- Gangs and the Informal Economy / John M. Hagedorn -- Gangs, Violence, and Safe Schools / Kenneth S. Trump -- Gangs and Community-Oriented Policing: Transforming Organizational Culture / C. Ronald Huff, Kent H. Shafer -- Issues in Developing and Maintaining a Regional Gang Incident Tracking System / James W. Meeker, Bryan Vila -- The Increasing Diversity of Gangs -- A Cross-Cultural Framework for Understanding Gangs: Multiple Marginality and Los Angeles / James Diego Vigil, Steve C. Yun -- The Girls in the Gang: What We've Learned From Two Decades of Research / Jody Miller -- Doing Field Research on Diverse Gangs: Interpreting Youth Gangs as Social Networks / Mark S. Fleisher -- Chinese Gangs: Familial and Cultural Dynamics / Sheldon X. Zhang -- Street Gangs: A Cross-National Perspective / Malcolm W. Klein -- Gang Research and Public Policy -- Ganging Up on Gangs: Anti-Loitering and Public Nuisance Laws / Gilbert Geis -- New Approaches to the Strategic Prevention of Gang and Group-Involved Violence / Anthony A. Braga, David M. Kennedy, George E. Tita -- Gangs and Public Policy: Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression / C. Ronald Huff
N2  - 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
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