Youth gangs and community intervention : research, practice, and evidence / edited by Robert J. Chaskin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chaskin, Robert J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gang prevention--United States--Citizen participation.

Gang prevention.

Gangs--United States.

Gangs.

Gang members--Rehabilitation--United States.

Gang members.

Community organization--United States.

Community organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although a range of program and policy responses to youth gangs exist, most are largely based on suppression, implemented by the police or other criminal justice agencies. Less attention and fewer resources have been directed to prevention and intervention strategies that draw on the participation of community organizations, schools, and social service agencies in the neighborhoods in which gangs operate. Also underemphasized is the importance of integrating such approaches at the local level. In this volume, leading researchers discuss effective intervention among youth gangs, focusing on the ideas behind, approaches to, and evidence about the effectiveness of community-based, youth gang interventions. Treating community as a crucial unit of analysis and action, these essays reorient our understanding of gangs and the measures undertaken to defeat them. They emphasize the importance of community, both as a context that shapes opportunity and as a resource that promotes positive youth engagement. Covering key themes and debates, this book explores the role of social capital and collective efficacy in informing youth gang intervention and evaluation, the importance of focusing on youth development within the context of community opportunities and pressures, and the possibilities of better linking research, policy, and practice when responding to youth gangs, among other critical issues.

Contents:

The Chicago School: a context for youth intervention research and development / Robert J. Chaskin

The evolution of gang policy: balancing intervention and suppression / George E. Tita, Andrew Papachristos

Lessons learned from gang program evaluations: prevention, intervention, suppression, and comprehensive community approaches / James C. Howell

An examination of the role of CeaseFire, the Chicago police, Project Safe Neighborhoods, and displacement in the reduction in homicide in Chicago in 2004 / Charlie Ransford ... [et al.]

From knowledge to response and back again: theory and evaluation in responding to gangs / G. David Curry

Promoting research integrity in community-based intervention research / James F. Short, Jr., Lorine A. Hughes

Multiple marginality and human development: applying research insights for gang prevention and intervention / James Diego Vigil

A community youth development approach to gang control programs / Jeffrey A. Butts, Caterina Gouvis Roman

Taking criminology seriously: narratives, norms, networks, and common ground / David M. Kennedy

Community gang programs: theory, models, and effectiveness / Irving A. Spergel.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781322437361

132243736X

9780231519311

0231519311

OCLC:

778435913