
Panic
The Social Construction of the Street Gang Problem
Pearson (Publisher)
Published on 8. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
340 pages
978-0-13-094458-0 (ISBN)
Description
For undergraduate-level courses in Special Topics in Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, and Juvenile Delinquency.
This text challenges many of the claims made by law enforcement and the media regarding the nature and extent of the gang problem in the United States. Employing a social constructionist approach to the study of social problems, the authors detail how law enforcement has figured prominently in the creation and promotion of stereotypes-marketing the gang threat via the news media to protect and increase organizational resources and power. This text focuses on the events, organizations, and processes that surrounded the gang panic during the late 1980s and early 1990s, a period during which gangs expanded greatly on American cities.
This text challenges many of the claims made by law enforcement and the media regarding the nature and extent of the gang problem in the United States. Employing a social constructionist approach to the study of social problems, the authors detail how law enforcement has figured prominently in the creation and promotion of stereotypes-marketing the gang threat via the news media to protect and increase organizational resources and power. This text focuses on the events, organizations, and processes that surrounded the gang panic during the late 1980s and early 1990s, a period during which gangs expanded greatly on American cities.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-094458-0 (9780130944580)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction and Overview.
I. GANGS AS MORAL PANICS.
1. Conditions, Social Problems, and Moral Panics.
2. Looking Back.
3. The Police, Crime Control, and Street Gangs.
4. Crime, Gangs, and the News Media.
5. Gangs and the Sociological Perspective.
II. THE GANG PANIC IN NEVADA.
6. The Gang Panic in Las Vegas.
7. The Gang Panic in Reno.
8. Gangs in the Legislature
9. Prosecuting Gangs.
III. PANIC AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
10. A Nation in Panic?
Index.
I. GANGS AS MORAL PANICS.
1. Conditions, Social Problems, and Moral Panics.
2. Looking Back.
3. The Police, Crime Control, and Street Gangs.
4. Crime, Gangs, and the News Media.
5. Gangs and the Sociological Perspective.
II. THE GANG PANIC IN NEVADA.
6. The Gang Panic in Las Vegas.
7. The Gang Panic in Reno.
8. Gangs in the Legislature
9. Prosecuting Gangs.
III. PANIC AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
10. A Nation in Panic?
Index.