Reducing Youth Gang Violence - The Little Village Gang Project in Chicago (Hardcover)

In this book, Irving Spergel details the efforts of his Chicago youth gang project, a comprehensive, community-based model designed to reduce gang problems, including violence and illegal drug activity. He offers an in-depth description of the Little Village Gang Violence Reduction Project, revealing the successes and failures of intervention at each level: individual youths, the gang itself, and the community at large. Spergel relates how a coalition of criminal justice, neighborhood, and academic organizations_along with a team of tactical officers, probation officers, former gang leaders, and a neighborhood organization_developed strategies for dealing with hardcore violent male youths from two gangs: the Latin Kings and Two Six. This well-known project has become the model for a series of national initiatives. Policymakers, criminologists, and gang researchers will find this model valuable for assessing gang programs and reducing gang violence.

General

Imprint:	AltaMira Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Violence Prevention and Policy
Release date:	March 2007
First published:	March 2007
Authors:	Irving A. Spergel
Dimensions:	244 x 161 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-0-7591-0998-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Offenders > Juvenile offenders
LSN:	0-7591-0998-2
Barcode:	9780759109988

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