Confronting gangs
Subtitle: crime and community
By: G. David Curry, Scott H. Decker ; foreword by C. Ronald Huff.
Contributors: Decker, Scott H.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Roxbury Park
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Los Angeles, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Gangs -- United States; Juvenile delinquency -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-226) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Foreword / C. Ronald Huff; title: Introduction; title: ch. 1. Defining and measuring the prevalence of gangs; title: ch. 2. The link between gangs and crime; title: ch. 3. The gang experience; title: ch. 4. Gangs, gang members, and drug sales; title: ch. 5. Female gang involvement; title: ch. 6. Gangs and social institutions; title: ch. 7. Responding to gang-related crime and delinquency; title: ch. 8. Gang theory and policy; title: References; title: Author index; title: Subject index.