Synopses & Reviews
UNDERSTANDING STREET GANGS offers a unique and pioneering approach to the street and prison gang dilemma and provides both local and national perspective. This popular book is used by colleges, universities, and academies, and also for advanced officer training throughout the country. The authors are leading authorities on gang activities. No other book offers such insight or understanding into this escalating threat. It covers causative factors, family structure and profiles, socioeconomic pressures, and drugs. It also defines gangs, membership, structure and organization, communication, and measurements of gang violence, offers perspective on gang activity, and suggests possible solutions.
Table of Contents
Part One: THE PROBLEM. 1. Theoretical Considerations. 2. Gangs Defined and Perspectives of Gang Activity. 3. Gang Structure and Organization . 4. Gang Communication. Part Two: POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. 5. Measurement of Gang Violence. 6. The Gang Act. 7. Police Patrol Procedures. 8. Techniques of Gang Investigations.