Chasing After Street Gangs
A Forty-Year Journey
Published on 14. January 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
104 pages
978-0-19-021524-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this brief, accessible text, Malcolm Klein presents insights gained from his forty years of experience investigating street gangs. In Part I he reveals some of the dominant trends that have emerged over the course of his research, defining and describing gangs, their locations, who joins them, and the types of illegal behavior in which they engage. In Part II he delves into the conceptual contexts that help us to understand those trends, examining gangs in relation to other small groups, comparing gangs in the U.S. to those in Europe, and discussing approaches to gang control.
About the Series
Keynotes in Criminology and Criminal Justice provides essential knowledge on important contemporary matters of crime, law, and justice to a broad audience of readers. Each volume is written by a leading scholar in that area. Concise, accessible, and affordable, these texts are designed to serve either as primers around which courses can be built or as supplemental books for a variety of courses.
About the Series
Keynotes in Criminology and Criminal Justice provides essential knowledge on important contemporary matters of crime, law, and justice to a broad audience of readers. Each volume is written by a leading scholar in that area. Concise, accessible, and affordable, these texts are designed to serve either as primers around which courses can be built or as supplemental books for a variety of courses.
Reviews / Votes
This book is classic Klein: engaging, thoughtful, and at times irreverent. If you are interested in gaining an appreciation for the current state of youth gang research and policy, I recommend this user-friendly monograph. Mac (as Klein is known) shares forty-plus years of scholarly research in a very readable format. For readers who have not had the pleasure of meeting Mac in person, this book will give you some insight into his humor along with his wisdom. * Finn-Aage Esbensen, University of Missouri-St. Louis * This book reveals the remarkable career in gang research of Mac Klein. Told in his typically engaging style, he takes the reader on his journey through the twists and turns of charting what we know * and don't knowabout street gangs in the U.S., and elsewhere. His work has had enduring impacts on our understanding of street gangs, and yet, as he shows in this book, there is still much to be learned.Cheryl Maxson, University of California, Irvine * Klein is the leading gang scholar * the gang guru. Chasing After Street Gangs summarizes his wealth of gang knowledge and is very clear on where we need to focus our energies in tackling the gang problem.Melanie R. Nimmo, University of Winnipeg *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
4
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
139 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-021524-8 (9780190215248)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Malcolm Klein is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Southern California.
Series Editor
Henry N. Pontell is a Distinguished Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York.
Series Editor
Henry N. Pontell is a Distinguished Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York.
Content
PART I: FOUR LEVELS OF STREET GANG INFORMATION; 1. A REVIEW OF GANG AND NONGANG JURISDICTIONS; 2. STREET GANGS AND OTHER GROUPS, YOUTH AND ADULT; 3. STREET GANG MEMBERS AND NONGANG YOUTH; 4. STREET GANG CRIMES DEFINED; PART II: THREE CONTEXTS FOR UNDERSTANDING STREET GANGS; 5. GANG PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES, THE LARGELY IGNORED FACT ABOUT STREET GANGS; 6. STREET GANGS HERE AND THERE; 7. APPROACHES TO STREET GANG CONTROL, FROM EARLY PREVENTION, THROUGH INTERVENTION, TO OUTRIGHT SUPPRESSION; 8. CONCLUDING COMMENTS: THE NEXT TEN YEARS