Confronting Gangs: Crime and Community

G. David Curry

ISBN 10: 1891487523 / ISBN 13: 9781891487521

Published by Roxbury Pub Co, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Confronting Gangs: Crime and Community
• Publisher: Roxbury Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891487523
• ISBN 13: 9781891487521
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The most comprehensive and current textbook on gang research, gang policy, and gang responses, Confronting Gangs: Crime and Community, Third Edition, offers a full and unbiased assessment of the characteristics of gang members and gang behavior.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
Strong focus on the community contexts that contribute to gang activity
Quotes from real-life gang members provide students with a realistic portrait of gang life

Review

"A great reader textbook that should be included in the repertoire of gang literature and theory. It provides excellent references for further research into gang phenomena."
--Sharlette A. Kellum, Texas Southern University

"Filled with very rich, in-depth interviews and descriptions of gang life."
--Shihlung Huang, California State University, Sacramento