Civil gang abatement : the effectiveness and implications of policing by injunction / Edward L. Allan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allan, Edward L., 1948-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gangs--United States.

Gangs.

Organized crime--United States.

Organized crime.

Injunctions--United States.

Injunctions.

Nuisances--United States.

Nuisances.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Civil gang abatement is an innovative remedy employing civil injunctions to combat public nuisance activity by gangs. This strategy has been promoted as a problem-oriented response to gang problems. Allan examines whether the process of acquiring a gang injunction incorporates the primary dimensions of problem-oriented responses: flexibility and community involvement. Flexibility is evident in the even distribution of initiatives among three categories high-drug, high-crime, and high-disorder. Evidence of community involvement is weak, due to the lack of community organizations in gang-plagued neighborhoods, the low-profile nature of the initiatives, and the potential for retaliation against participants. Although the expectation for community involvement in gang injunction initiatives should be tempered, civil gang abatement is an appropriate approach to neighborhood gang problems."

Contents:

Introduction

Theoretical perspectives

Legal perspectives

The gang injunction

The dimension of flexibility

The dimension of community involvement

Policy implications.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-36137-9

9786610361373

1-59332-103-1

OCLC:

228145201