Policing gangs in America
By: Charles M. Katz, Vincent J. Webb.
Contributors: Webb, Vincent J.
Series: Cambridge studies in criminology; Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780521851107; 9780521616546
Subjects: Police -- Gang units -- United States.; Gangs -- United States.; Community policing -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Studying the police response to gangs; title: Setting and methods; title: Historical analysis of gangs and gang control; title: Scope and nature of the current gang problem; title: Form, function, and management of the police gang unit; title: The gang unit officer; title: On the job; title: Policing gangs in a time of community policing; title: Conclusion and implications.