Reducing Youth Gang Violence

Description:

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Citizen participation,  Gang members,  Gang prevention,  Juvenile delinquents,  Little Village Gang Violence Reduction Project (Chicago, Ill.),  Rehabilitation,  Services for,  Gewalt,  Streetwork,  Bande,  Pra˜vention,  Kriminalita˜t,  Gemeinwesen,  Beka˜mpfung,  Jugendkriminalita˜t,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology,  Crime prevention, citizen participation,  Crime, united states,  Gangs

Places: Chicago,  Illinois