The Re-Evolution of American Street Gangs

ISBN-13: 9780367598174 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 384 str.

Dale L. June; Mohamad Khatibloo; Gregorio Estevane

Opis

Addressing the intricacies and diversities of street gangs, a major and growing blight across the country, this book draws on the expertise of high-ranking law enforcement officials monitoring terrorist activity and gang-related crimes as well as professional private investigators who have spent several decades investigating gangs and learning t

Spis treści

Gang Life. Violence and Youth: A Growing Relationship? Effect of Gang Culture on Juveniles. Gang History. Religion and Criminal Gangs (A Perspective). Seven Pathways Into and Out of Gangs. Gang Culture in the United States. If Drug Abuse is the Answer then what is the Question? Use of Technology by US Gangs. Street Gang Graffiti. In Defense of a Gang Member: Sample Gang Expert Witness Report. Evolution of Gangs from the History to Today: Predictions and Recommendations for the Future. ‘Presumed Guilty" or "Dirtying up the Defendant": Criminal Gang Enhancement Prosecutions in California and Police/Prosecution Misconduct. Appendices.

O autorze

Dale L. June has been involved in criminal justice for his entire adult life. After a career in policing and government service, he became a private investigator and personal protection specialist. He has given protective services training to law enforcement officers and private and public corporations both domestically and internationally. June earned a master’s degree from George Washington University with a major in criminal justice. He served in the U.S. Secret Service under Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan. In 2001, he became a co-founder of Henley-Putnam University (Santa Clara, California) and remained with the university as a special consultant and adjunct instructor until 2010.

Gregorio "Greg" Estevane, PI/JD, is an adjunct criminal justice professor currently at DeVry and Argosy universities, teaching and researching in the areas of gangs and criminal investigations. Estevane was the 2004 chair/dean of the School of Criminal Justice at Westwood College (Los Angeles) for five years and built that department from 200 to 600 students, building an "all-star cast" staff of 15 adjunct professors from sitting judge, FBI agent, former Secret Service agent, district attorney investigators, city gang prosecutors, probation officers, police, defense attorneys, and others. Estevane is a Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego County Superior Court gang expert witness/investigator panel member.

Mohamad A. Khatibloo, PhD, is a co-founder and vice president of operations for a Southern California-based firm, having affiliates across the country and worldwide, specializing in investigative and expert testimony in gang typology and terrorism issues, and related traditional investigative cases. Dr. Khatibloo holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in criminal justice from Chapman University (Orange, California) and completed his doctorate in criminal justice management, and is currently enrolled in a psychological doctorate program, specializing in criminal and deviant behavior.