Title: Youth Street Gangs
First published: 1997
Description: Vernon Harlan grew up around urban gangs and as a researcher now speaks to the methodological and practical means of curbing their spread and breaking the criminogenic cycle that engulfs their members. As a member of the African American community, he is in the forefront of scholarly and policy groups dealing with this social phenomena.

The legal and social implications of a rise in deviant criminal behavior among the young particularly urban minority youth is immense. Harlan discusses the legal and political cost of a gulag "solution" as well as the failings and inadequacies of a social reform and welfare approach to criminogenic America. He discusses theory, praxis and prescriptive social theory aimed at breaking up the cycle of violence and dependency and offer concrete solutions.
Subjects: Administration of Juvenile justice, Gang members, Gangs, Juvenile justice, Administration of, Psychology, Violent crimes
Places: United States
LC classification: HV6439.U5