Reducing youth gang violence : the Little Village Gang Project in Chicago /
"In this book, Irving Spergel details the efforts of his Chicago youth gang project, a comprehensive, community-based model designed to reduce gang problems, including violence and illegal drug activity. He offers an in-depth description of the Little Village Gang Violence Reduction Project, re...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, MD :
AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,
[2007]
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| Series: | Violence prevention and policy series
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| Summary: | "In this book, Irving Spergel details the efforts of his Chicago youth gang project, a comprehensive, community-based model designed to reduce gang problems, including violence and illegal drug activity. He offers an in-depth description of the Little Village Gang Violence Reduction Project, revealing the successes and failures of intervention at each level: individual youths, the gang itself, and the community at large. Spergel relates how a coalition of criminal justice, neighborhood, and academic organizations - along with a team of tactical officers, probation officers, former gang leaders, and a neighborhood organization - developed strategies for dealing with hardcore violent male youths from two gangs: the Latin Kings and Two Six. This well-known project has become the model for a series of national initiatives. Policymakers, criminologists, and gang researchers will find this model valuable for assessing gang programs and reducing gang violence."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-369) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780759109988 0759109982 9780759109995 0759109990 |