Policing Gangs in America [Paperback]

This 2006 book provides an in-depth look at the police response to gang problems.Policing Gangs in America describes the assumptions, issues, problems, and events that define the police response to gangs in America today. The primary focus of the book is on the gang unit officers themselves and the environment in which they work. The book is broadly focused on describing how gang units respond to community gang problems and analyzes the police response to gangs in the context of community policing. The book also makes several recommendations for policy and practice changes related to police gang units.Policing Gangs in America describes the assumptions, issues, problems, and events that define the police response to gangs in America today. The primary focus of the book is on the gang unit officers themselves and the environment in which they work. The book is broadly focused on describing how gang units respond to community gang problems and analyzes the police response to gangs in the context of community policing. The book also makes several recommendations for policy and practice changes related to police gang units.Describing the assumptions, issues, problems, and events that characterize, shape, and define the police response to gangs in America today, the primary focus of this book is on gang unit officers and the environment in which they work. The book is broadly focused on describing how gang units respond to community gang problems, and answers such questions as: Why do police agencies organize their responses to gangs in certain ways? Who are the people who elect to police gangs? What are their jobs really like? How do their responses to the gang problem compare with other policing strategies, such as community policing?1. Studying the police response to gangs; 2. Setting and methods; 3. Historical analysis of gangs and gang control; 4. Scope and nature of the current gang problem; 5. Form, function, and management of the police gang unit; 6. The galƒ+