Policing Gangs in America

ISBN-13: 9780521616546 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 322 str.

Charles M. Katz; Vincent J. Webb

Opis

Describing the assumptions, issues, problems, and events that characterize, shape, and define the police response to gangs in America today, the primary focus of this book is on gang unit officers and the environment in which they work. The book is broadly focused on describing how gang units respond to community gang problems, and answers such questions as: Why do police agencies organize their responses to gangs in certain ways? Who are the people who elect to police gangs? What are their jobs really like? How do their responses to the gang problem compare with other policing strategies, such as community policing?

Spis treści

1. Studying the police response to gangs; 2. Setting and methods; 3. Historical analysis of gangs and gang control; 4. Scope and nature of the current gang problem; 5. Form, function, and management of the police gang unit; 6. The gang unit officer; 7. On the job; 8. Policing gangs in a time of community policing; 9. Conclusion and implications; References.