| Description |
xiii, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series |
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Contemporary issues in crime and justice series.
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| Contents |
Gangs, community policing, and problem solving / Jack R. Greene -- Policing gangs in an era of community policing / Vincent J. Webb, Charles M. Katz -- Boston's Youth Violence Prevention Program : a comprehensive community-wide approach / Jack McDevitt, Anthony Braga, Dana Nurge, Michael Buerger -- Problem solving to reduce gang and drug-related violence in Indianapolis / Edmund F. McGarrell, Steven Chermak -- From Boston to Boyle Heights : the process and prospects of a "pulling levers" strategy in a Los Angeles barrio / George Tita, K. Jack Riley, Peter Greenwood -- Evaluating nuisance abatement at gang and drug houses in Chicago / James R. "Chip" Coldren, Jr., Daniel F. Higgins -- Beyond curfews and crackdowns : an overview of the Mountlake Terrace Neutral Zone-AmeriCorps Program / Quint C. Thurman, David G. Mueller -- Suppression without prevention, prevention without suppression : gang intervention in St. Louis / Scott H. Decker, G. David Curry -- The Anti-Gang Initiative in Detroit : an aggressive enforcement approach to gangs / Timothy S. Bynum, Sean P. Varano -- For the sake of the neighborhood? : civil gang injunctions as a gang intervention tool in Southern California / Cheryl L. Maxson, Karen Hennigan, David C. Sloane -- Gang suppression through saturation patrol and aggressive curfew and truancy enforcement : a quasi-experimental test of the Dallas Anti-Gang Initiative / Eric J. Fritsch, Tory J. Caeti, Robert W. Taylor -- Policing gangs and youth violence : where do we stand, where do we go from here? / Scott H. Decker |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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At footof title: Monash University. Dept of Economics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Juvenile delinquency -- United States -- Prevention.
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Youth and violence -- United States -- Prevention.
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Gang prevention -- United States.
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Crime prevention -- United States.
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Juvenile delinquents -- United States.
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Juvenile delinquency -- United States.
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Violence -- United States -- Prevention.
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Community policing -- United States.
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Gangs -- United States.
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Economics -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Business education.
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| Author |
Decker, Scott H.
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Monash University. Department of Economics.
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| LC no. |
2002110761 |
| ISBN |
0534598412 paperback |
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