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Reducing youth gang violence : the Little Village Gang Project in Chicago

Title
Reducing youth gang violence : the Little Village Gang Project in Chicago / Irving A. Spergel.
Author
Spergel, Irving A.
Publication
Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2007.

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xviii, 382 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Violence prevention and policy series
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-369) and index.
Contents
Gang programs -- Project formation -- Entering the field -- Team development -- Social intervention : the outreach youth worker -- Suppression and social control -- Community mobilization -- The project evaluation model -- Changes in social context of program youth -- Life-course factors related to self-reported offense and arrest changes -- Project-worker contacts, services, and strategies -- Arrest changes for program and comparison youth -- Arrest changes for different types of gang youth -- Services and outcome -- Gang and community crime change -- Project termination -- Summary.
Call Number
JFE 07-3379
ISBN
  • 0759109982 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780759109988 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0759109990 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780759109995 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006022508
OCLC
  • 70335156
  • vendorOCM70335156
Author
Spergel, Irving A.
Title
Reducing youth gang violence : the Little Village Gang Project in Chicago / Irving A. Spergel.
Imprint
Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2007.
Series
Violence prevention and policy series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-369) and index.
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JFE 07-3379
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