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Policing gangs in America /

Policing Gangs in America describes the assumptions, issues, problems, and events that characterize, shape, and define the police response to gangs in America today. The focus of the book is on the gang unit officers themselves and the environment in which they work. A discussion of research, statis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Katz, Charles M.
Otros Autores: Webb, Vincent J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Colección:Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Studying the police response to gangs
  • Setting and methods
  • Historical analysis of gangs and gang control
  • Scope and nature of the current gang problem
  • Form, function, and management of the police gang unit
  • The gang unit officer
  • On the job
  • Policing gangs in a time of community policing
  • Conclusion and implications.