Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 1593320337
9781593320331
1280361255
9781280361258
9781931202305
1931202303
1931202303
9786610361250
6610361258
|
|---|
| Digital file characteristics: | data file
|
|---|
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index.
English.
Print version record.
|
|---|
| Summary: | Contemporary gangs are persistent despite efforts to control them. Theories of gangs explain the emergence of gangs but offer little insight into their persistence and growth. Weisel examined the organizational characteristics of four criminal gangs. Although large gangs appear disorganized, they are not ephemeral groups. Instead the gangs feature characteristics of organic-adaptive organizations rather than hierarchical or bureaucratic organizations. As such, these gangs feature blended goals, shared decision making, a structure based on subdivisions, and a generalist orientation. Such features promote efficiency in a highly volatile environment and contribute to increases in the size and number of contemporary gangs in America.
|
|---|
| Other form: | Print version: Weisel, Deborah Lamm. Contemporary gangs. New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2002 1931202303
|
|---|
| Standard no.: | ebc3016705
|
|---|
