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 shows the successes and failures at each level: individual-youth, gang-as-unit, community, and policy development. This is a valuable model and methodology for a comprehensive approach to gang prevention and intervention which will be an important reference for policy makers, criminologists, gang researchers and community developers.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part 1 Project Background and Program Strategies
Chapter 2 Gang Problems
Chapter 3 Project Formation
Chapter 4 Entering the Field
Chapter 5 Team Development
Chapter 6 Social Intervention: The Outreach Youth Worker
Chapter 7 Suppression/Social Control
Chapter 8 Community Mobilization
Part 9 Evaluation: Program Analysis and Project Outcome
Chapter 10 The Project Evaluation Model
Chapter 11 Changes in Social Context of Program Youth
Chapter 12 Life Course Factors Related to Self-Reported Offense/Arrest Charges
Chapter 13 Project-Worker Contacts, Services and Strategies
Chapter 14 Arrest Changes: Program and Comparison Youth
Chapter 15 Arrest Changes for Different Types of Gang Youth
Chapter 16 Services and Outcome
Chapter 17 Gang and Community Crime Change
Chapter 18 Project Termination
19 Summary
20 References
