Youth gangs and community intervention : research, practice, and evidence / edited by Robert J. Chaskin

Published:: New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]
Copyright Date:: ©2010
Physical Description:: xviii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Chaskin, Robert J.

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Contents:

1. The Chicago school : a context for youth intervention research and development / Robert J. Chaskin -- 2. The evolution of gang policy : balancing intervention and suppression / George E. Tita and Andrew Papachristos -- 3. Lessons learned from gang program evaluations : prevention, intervention, suppression, and comprehensive community approaches / James C. Howell -- 4. An examination of the role of CeaseFire, the Chicago police, Project Safe Neighborhoods, and displacement in the reduction in homicide in Chicago in 2004 / Charlie Ransford, Candice Kane, Tim Metzger, Elena Quintana and Gary Slutkin -- 5. From knowledge to response and back again : theory and evaluation in responding to gangs / G. David Curry -- 6. Promoting research integrity in community-based intervention research / James F. Short, Jr. and Lorine A. Hughes -- 7. Multiple marginality and human development : applying research insights for gang prevention and intervention / James Diego Vigil -- 8. A community youth development approach to gang control programs / Jeffrey A. Butts and Caterina Gouvis Roman -- 9. Taking criminology seriously : narratives, norms, networks, and common ground / David M. Kennedy -- 10. Community gang programs : theory, models, and effectiveness / Irving A. Spergel.

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ISBN:

9780231146845 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231146841 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231146852 (pbk. : alk. paper)
023114685X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780231519311 (ebook)
0231519311 (ebook)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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