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This title is part of The Wadsworth Professionalism in Policing Series, edited by Samuel Walker. This reader is a descriptive presentation of current practices within policing and juvenile justice (focusing on gangs) that 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.

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• Foreword(p. x)
• Preface(p. xiii)
• I Introduction(p. 1)
• 1 Gangs, Community Policing, and Problem Solving(p. 3)
• Community Policing and Problem Solving: From Individuals to Organizations(p. 4)
• Suppression or Prevention: What's the Mix?(p. 5)
• The Shifting Nature of Youth/Crime Problems--Root and Proximate Cause(p. 6)
• Clearly Specifying and Measuring Police and Community "Treatments"(p. 9)
• Mobilizing External Others for Effective Interventions(p. 11)
• Organizational Issues Confronting Problem Solving for Gangs(p. 13)
• Concluding Remarks(p. 15)
• 2 Policing Gangs in an Era of Community Policing(p. 17)
• Introduction(p. 17)
• Theoretical and Policy Rationales for the Establishment of Specialized Police Gang Units(p. 19)
• Police Gang Unit Functions and Specialization(p. 25)
• Gang Units as Loosely Coupled Organizations(p. 30)
• Police Gang Units in a Time of Community-Oriented Policing(p. 35)
• Two Models of Police Gang Units(p. 42)
• Toward Improving the Effectiveness of Police Gang Units(p. 43)
• II Problem-Solving Approaches to Gangs and Youth Violence(p. 51)
• 3 Boston's Youth Violence Prevention Program: A Comprehensive Community-Wide Approach(p. 53)
• Description of Study Site(p. 54)
• A Short History of Gangs in Boston(p. 54)
• Contemporary Boston Gang Problems(p. 56)
• Boston Policy Initiatives and Programs to Reduce Youth Violence(p. 58)
• The Impact of Operation Ceasefire on Youth Violence in Boston(p. 67)
• The Changing Face of Gangs in Boston(p. 69)
• Conclusion(p. 73)
• 4 Problem Solving to Reduce Gang and Drug-Related Violence in Indianapolis(p. 77)
• Background--Indianapolis(p. 77)
• Intervention: Multiagency Problem Solving(p. 80)
• Multiagency Problem-Solving Approach(p. 82)
• Initial Assessment of Impact(p. 89)
• Feedback to the Working Group(p. 97)
• Conclusion(p. 98)
• 5 From Boston to Boyle Heights: The Process and Prospects of a "Pulling Levers" Strategy in a Los Angeles Barrio(p. 102)
• Introduction(p. 102)
• Describing the Los Angeles Experience(p. 104)
• The Boston Gun Project(p. 104)
• The Los Angeles Replication(p. 105)
• Response: Developing the "Stick"(p. 115)
• Initiating the Intervention: Defining a Trigger Event(p. 120)
• Response: Developing the "Carrot"(p. 122)
• Potential Community Responses(p. 123)
• Formulating Responses(p. 124)
• Concluding Observations(p. 124)
• 6 Evaluating Nuisance Abatement at Gang and Drug Houses in Chicago(p. 131)
• Introduction: Enhancing Chicago's Community-Policing Strategy(p. 131)
• Backdrop of Gang and Drug Problems in Chicago(p. 132)
• The Municipal Drug and Gang Enforcement Strategy(p. 134)
• Evaluation Design(p. 137)
• Planned Inspection and Enforcement Process(p. 138)
• Actions Taken by MDGE(p. 141)
• Process Evaluation(p. 142)
• Changes in MDGE Goals and Objectives(p. 143)
• Impact Evaluation(p. 148)
• Impact Analysis Results(p. 154)
• Summary and Recommendations(p. 160)
• 7 Beyond Curfews and Crackdowns: An Overview of the Mountlake Terrace Neutral Zone-Americorps Program(p. 167)
• Introduction(p. 167)
• Literature Review(p. 168)
• Descriptions of the Study Site and Intervention(p. 171)
• Methods(p. 173)
• Conclusions(p. 184)
• III Suppression-Based Approaches to Gangs and Youth Violence(p. 189)
• 8 Suppression Without Prevention, Prevention Without Suppression: Gang Intervention in St. Louis(p. 191)
• Introduction(p. 191)
• Responding to Gang-Related Crime and Delinquency(p. 192)
• The St. Louis Context(p. 193)
• Study Methodology(p. 196)
• The St. Louis Anti-Gang Initiative Intensive Case Study(p. 196)
• AGI Activities(p. 196)
• Outcome Measures(p. 198)
• The Anti-Gang Initiative in Review(p. 206)
• The Application of the SafeFutures Model in St. Louis(p. 207)
• Concluding Thoughts on Gang Intervention(p. 211)
• 9 The Anti-Gang Initiative in Detroit: An Aggressive Enforcement Approach to Gangs(p. 214)
• Site Description(p. 214)
• Crime Patterns(p. 215)
• Brief History of Detroit(p. 215)
• Gangs in Detroit(p. 217)
• Initiation of Detroit's Anti-Gang Initiative(p. 222)
• Methodology(p. 229)
• Findings(p. 230)
• Conclusions(p. 234)
• 10 For the Sake of the Neighborhood?: Civil Gang Injunctions as a Gang Intervention Tool in Southern California(p. 239)
• Introduction(p. 239)
• Conceptual Underpinnings of Gang Injunctions(p. 242)
• The Injunction Mechanism Described(p. 245)
• What Is the Evidence of Success?(p. 254)
• Legal Issues Raised by CGIs(p. 257)
• Conclusion(p. 260)
• 11 Gang Suppression Through Saturation Patrol and Aggressive Curfew and Truancy Enforcement: A Quasi-Experimental Test of the Dallas Anti-Gang Initiative(p. 267)
• Introduction(p. 267)
• Literature Review(p. 268)
• The Police Role in Dealing with Gangs(p. 271)
• Methodology(p. 274)
• Findings(p. 276)
• Discussion and Conclusions(p. 279)
• IV Conclusion(p. 285)
• 12 Policing Gangs and Youth Violence: Where Do We Stand, Where Do We Go from Here?(p. 287)
• Responding to Gangs and Youth Violence(p. 288)
• Contemporary Responses to Gangs and Youth Violence(p. 289)
• Index(p. 294)