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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.
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.
This book is a systematic analysis of the youth gang problem in the United States, focusing on current patterns of gang behaviour, with reference to historical and cross-cultural dimensions. Spergel integrates theory and practice based on his four decades of experience in gang research, as well as extensive analysis of local and national research on ways to address the problem.
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