Street gang patterns and policies /
Provides a critical examination of knowledge about gangs and major gang control programs across the nation. This book focuses on gang proliferation and crime patterns, and highlights known risk factors that lead to youths joining gangs and to gang formation within communities. It is useful for crimi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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Colección: | Studies in crime and public policy.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Provides a critical examination of knowledge about gangs and major gang control programs across the nation. This book focuses on gang proliferation and crime patterns, and highlights known risk factors that lead to youths joining gangs and to gang formation within communities. It is useful for criminologists social workers, and policy makers. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-296) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780198036890 0198036892 142940275X 9781429402750 9780199943340 0199943346 |