Policing gangs and youth violence /

Policing gangs and youth violence /

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Imprint:Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2003.
Description:xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:The Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series
Contemporary issues in crime and justice series.
Subject:
Community policing -- United States.
Gangs -- United States.
Gang prevention -- United States.
Crime prevention -- United States.
Juvenile delinquents -- United States.
Youth and violence -- United States -- Prevention.
Community policing.
Crime prevention.
Gang prevention.
Gangs.
Juvenile delinquents.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4790298
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Other authors / contributors:Decker, Scott H.
ISBN:0534598412
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Presented in this book are current practices within policing and juvenile justice (focusing on gangs), which utilize the community-policing model. By looking at specific strategies and their efficacy, the authors attempt to combat a major perceived problem with community policing; that the methodology of community policing can be subjective and nebulous, using ill-defined and misinterpreted practices. This book shows what is working for agencies across the country and how these "best practices" can be employed. Includes a focus on Boston as a model for gang policing strategies, other chapters are set in different regions of the United States.

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