Adolescent gangs
Subtitle: old issues, new approaches
By: edited by Curtis W. Branch.
Contributors: Branch, Curtis W.
Publisher: Brunner/Mazel; Brunner-Routledge
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Gangs -- United States -- Case studies.; Gang members -- United States -- Rehabilitation.; Gang members -- United States -- Psychology.; Juvenile delinquency -- United States -- Prevention.; Problem youth -- United States -- Case studies.; Social work with youth -- United States.
Description: Adolescent Gangs: Old Issues, New Approaches offers a collection of chapters on how to deal with gangs effectively. The book is divided into three sections, each devoted to a type of setting in which services are provided to gang-affiliated adolescents and their families: community-based interventions, specialized agency-based interventions, and mental health interventions.

Adolescent Gangs moves beyond the usual position of describing gangs and gang members as social misfits. Rather, the book operates from the basic belief that gang members are normal people - often participating in abnormal behavior - in search of a place for themselves in the communities in which they live. The editor has recruited leading experts in a variety of disciplines to examine new and creative ways of thinking about gangs and how to respond to them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.