Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Studying the police response to gangs -- Setting and methods -- Historical analysis of gangs and gang control -- Scope and nature of the current gang problem -- Form, function, and management of the police gang unit -- The gang unit officer -- On the job -- Policing gangs in a time of community policing -- Conclusion and implications.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Policing Gangs in America describes the assumptions, issues, problems, and events that characterize, shape, and define the police response to gangs in America today. The focus of the book is on the gang unit officers themselves and the environment in which they work. A discussion of research, statistical facts, theory, and policy with regard to gangs, gang members, and gang activity is used as a backdrop.
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OverDrive, Inc.
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2676CBE6-73DB-4037-B835-D61FA996CBAB
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Title
Policing gangs in America.
International Standard Book Number
0521616549
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Community policing-- United States.
Gangs-- United States.
Police-- Gang units-- United States.
Bandenkriminalität
Community policing.
Gangs.
Kommunalpolitik
Police-- Gang units.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Law Enforcement.