Charles M. Katz, Vincent J. Webb

Policing Gangs in America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Policing Gangs in America describes the assumptions, issues, problems, and events that define the police response to gangs in America today. The primary focus of the book is on the gang unit officers themselves and the environment in which they work. The book is broadly focused on describing how gang units respond to community gang problems and analyzes the police response to gangs in the context of community policing. The book also makes several recommendations for policy and practice changes related to police gang units.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 525g
• ISBN-13: 9780521616546
• ISBN-10: 0521616549
• Artikelnr.: 21619642

Autorenporträt

Dr Charles Katz received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is currently an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Arizona State University. Dr Katz has co-authored or co-edited two previous books and has been published in several scholarly journals such as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, and Crime and Delinquency. Dr Katz has conducted research in over 20 police agencies across the United States as well as several state and federal agencies.

Inhaltsangabe

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.