Reducing Youth Gang Violence : The Little Village Gang Project in Chicago Paperback / softback
by Irving A. Spergel
Part of the Violence Prevention and Policy series
Paperback / softback
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In this book, Irving Spergel details the efforts of his Chicago youth gang project, a comprehensive, community-based model designed to reduce gang problems, including violence and illegal drug activity.
He offers an in-depth description of the Little Village Gang Violence Reduction Project, revealing the successes and failures of intervention at each level: individual youths, the gang itself, and the community at large.
Spergel relates how a coalition of criminal justice, neighborhood, and academic organizations_along with a team of tactical officers, probation officers, former gang leaders, and a neighborhood organization_developed strategies for dealing with hardcore violent male youths from two gangs: the Latin Kings and Two Six.
This well-known project has become the model for a series of national initiatives.
Policymakers, criminologists, and gang researchers will find this model valuable for assessing gang programs and reducing gang violence.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Publication Date:01/03/2007
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- ISBN:9780759109995
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Publication Date:01/03/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780759109995
