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Title:

Policing gangs and youth violence / edited by Scott H. Decker.

Publisher:

Wadsworth/Thomson Learning,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Community policing--United States.
Gangs--United States.
Gang prevention--United States.
Crime prevention--United States.
Juvenile delinquents--United States.
Youth and violence--United States--Prevention.

Other Authors:

Decker, Scott H.

Notes:

Includes index (p. 294-298).

Contents:

Policing gangs and youth violence : where do we stand, where do we go from here? / Scott H. Decker. 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.

Series:

The Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series

ISBN:

9780534598419
0534598412

LCCN:

2002110761

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)