Author:
Esbensen, Finn-Aage.
Imprint:Long Grove, IL. : Waveland Pr., c2004.
Descriptionvii, 389 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Note:SECTION I: DEFINITIONS AND CURRENT TRENDS: 1. Youth gangs : an overview / James C. Howell - 2. Youth gangs and definitional issues : when is a gang a gang, and why does it matter? / Finn-Aage Esbensen, L. Thomas Winfree, Jr., Ni He, Terrance J. Taylor - 3. Comparing the criminal behavior of youth gangs and at-risk youths / G. Ronald Huff - 4. Recent patterns of gang problems in the United States : results from the 1996-2002 national youth gang survey / Arlen Egley, Jr., James C. Howell, Aline K. Major - SECTION II: VARIETIES OF GANGS: 5. Voices from the barrio : Chicano/a gangs, families, and communities / Marjorie S. Zatz, Edwardo L. Portillos - 6. Exploring race and ethnic differences in a sample of middle school gang members / Adrienne Freng, L. Thomas Winfree, Jr. - 7. Gender dynamics in youth gangs : a comparison of males' and females' accounts / Jody Miller, Rod K. Brunson - 8. Early precursors of gang membership : a study of Seattle youth / Karl G. Hill, Christina Lui, J. David Hawkins - 9. Hybrid and other modern gangs / David Starbuck, James C. Howell, Donna J. Lindquist - SECTION III: GANG ACTIVITIES: 10. Street baptism : Chicano gang initiation / James Diego Vigil - 11. Alcohol and violence in the lives of gang members / Geoffrey P. Hunt, Karen Joe Laidler - 12. The financial activity of a modern American street gang / Sudhir Venkatesh - 13. A tale of two cities : gangs as organized crime groups / Scott H. Decker, Tim Bynum, Deborah Weisel - 14. Gang homicide : a review and extension of the literature / Cheryl L. Maxson - SECTION IV: RESPONDING TO YOUTH GANGAS: 15. The political and organizational response to gangs : an examination of a "moral panic" in Nevada / Richard C. McCorkle, Terance D. Miethe - 16. Youth violence : prevention, intervention, and social policy / C. Ronald Huff - 17. Police youth violence interventions : lessons to improve effectiveness / Jack R. Greene - 18. Gang prevention : a case study of a primary prevention program / Finn-Aage Esbensen, Dana Peterson, Terrance J. Taylor, Adrienne Freng, D. Wayne Osgood - 19. Civil gang injunctions : the ambiguous case of the national migration of a gang enforcement strategy / Cheryl L. Maxson.
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