TY  - BOOK
AU  - Decker,Scott H.
TI  - Policing gangs and youth violence
T2  - The Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series
SN  - 0534598412
AV  - HV7936.C83 P657 2003
U1  - 363.23 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Belmont, CA
PB  - Wadsworth/Thomson Learning
KW  - Community policing
KW  - United States
KW  - Local
KW  - Youth and violence
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Juvenile delinquents
KW  - Crime prevention
KW  - Gang prevention
KW  - Gangs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Gangs, community policing, and problem solving; Jack R. Greene --; Policing gangs in an era of community policing; Vincent J. Webb, Charles M. Katz --; Boston's Youth Violence Prevention Program : a comprehensive community-wide approach; Jack McDevitt, Anthony Braga, Dana Nurge, Michael Buerger --; Problem solving to reduce gang and drug-related violence in Indianapolis; Edmund F. McGarrell, Steven Chermak --; From Boston to Boyle Heights : the process and prospects of a "pulling levers" strategy in a Los Angeles barrio; George Tita, K. Jack Riley, Peter Greenwood --; Evaluating nuisance abatement at gang and drug houses in Chicago; James R. "Chip" Coldren, Jr., Daniel F. Higgins --; Beyond curfews and crackdowns : an overview of the Mountlake Terrace Neutral Zone-AmeriCorps Program; Quint C. Thurman, David G. Mueller --; Suppression without prevention, prevention without suppression : gang intervention in St. Louis; Scott H. Decker, G. David Curry --; The Anti-Gang Initiative in Detroit : an aggressive enforcement approach to gangs; Timothy S. Bynum, Sean P. Varano --; For the sake of the neighborhood? : civil gang injunctions as a gang intervention tool in Southern California; Cheryl L. Maxson, Karen Hennigan, David C. Sloane --; Gang suppression through saturation patrol and aggressive curfew and truancy enforcement : a quasi-experimental test of the Dallas Anti-Gang Initiative; Eric J. Fritsch, Tory J. Caeti, Robert W. Taylor --; Policing gangs and youth violence : where do we stand, where do we go from here?; Scott H. Decker
N2  - 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
ER  -