Chasing After Street Gangs

A Forty-Year Journey

AvMalcolm Klein

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

In this brief, accessible text, Malcolm Klein presents insights gained from his forty years of experience investigating street gangs. In Part I he reveals some of the dominant trends that have emerged over the course of his research, defining and describing gangs, their locations, who joins them, and the types of illegal behavior in which they engage. In Part II he delves into the conceptual contexts that help us to understand those trends, examining gangs in relation to other small groups, comparing gangs in the U.S. to those in Europe, and discussing approaches to gang control. About the Series Keynotes in Criminology and Criminal Justice provides essential knowledge on important contemporary matters of crime, law, and justice to a broad audience of readers. Each volume is written by a leading scholar in that area. Concise, accessible, and affordable, these texts are designed to serve either as primers around which courses can be built or as supplemental books for a variety of courses.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-01-14
Mått:208 x 140 x 7 mm
Vikt:159 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Keynotes in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Antal sidor:104
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780190215248

Utforska kategorier

Kriminologi: juridiska aspekter inom Juridik
Juridisk kompetens och praktik inom Juridik
Straffprocessrätt inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Malcolm Klein is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Southern California.Series EditorHenry N. Pontell is a Distinguished Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York.

Recensioner i media

This book is classic Klein: engaging, thoughtful, and at times irreverent. If you are interested in gaining an appreciation for the current state of youth gang research and policy, I recommend this user-friendly monograph. Mac (as Klein is known) shares forty-plus years of scholarly research in a very readable format. For readers who have not had the pleasure of meeting Mac in person, this book will give you some insight into his humor along with his wisdom.

Innehållsförteckning

PART I: FOUR LEVELS OF STREET GANG INFORMATION; 1. A REVIEW OF GANG AND NONGANG JURISDICTIONS; 2. STREET GANGS AND OTHER GROUPS, YOUTH AND ADULT; 3. STREET GANG MEMBERS AND NONGANG YOUTH; 4. STREET GANG CRIMES DEFINED; PART II: THREE CONTEXTS FOR UNDERSTANDING STREET GANGS; 5. GANG PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES, THE LARGELY IGNORED FACT ABOUT STREET GANGS; 6. STREET GANGS HERE AND THERE; 7. APPROACHES TO STREET GANG CONTROL, FROM EARLY PREVENTION, THROUGH INTERVENTION, TO OUTRIGHT SUPPRESSION; 8. CONCLUDING COMMENTS: THE NEXT TEN YEARS