{"product_id":"gangs-in-americas-communities-9781544300221","title":"Gangs in Americas Communities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Gangs in Americas Communities is one of the most comprehensive treatments of gangs in the marketplace. . . . I highly recommend its adoption as you will not be disappointed and  most importantly  neither will your students.\" Elvira White-Lewis  Texas A\u0026amp;M University-Commerce Gangs in Americas Communities  Third Edition blends theory with current research to help readers identify essential features associated with youth violence and gangs  as well as apply strategies for gang control and prevention. Authors Dr. James C. Howell and Dr. Elizabeth Griffiths introduce readers to theories of gang formation  illustrate various ways of defining and classifying gangs  and discuss national trends in gang presence and gang-related violence across American cities. They also offer evidence-based strategies for positioning communities to prevent  intervene  and address gang activity. New to the Third Edition: A series of new case studies document the evolution of numerous gangs in large cities  including the community aspect  evolutionary nature  and how cities influence levels of violence. New discussions highlighting the role of social media  insights into how gangs use it to recruit members  and the response from law enforcement. Current nationwide gang trends are discussed to encourage readers to analyze and interpret the most recent statistics for which representative data is available. Updated macro and micro gang theories enable readers to explore a recent encapsulation of leading developmental models. New discussions around female gang members offer readers potentially effective programs for discouraging females from joining gangsalong with highly regarded delinquency prevention and reduction programs that have the potency to be effective in reducing gang crimes among young women. A comprehensive gang prevention  intervention  and suppression program in Multnomah County  Oregon shows how theory was successfully applied to reduce gang activity in a local community. New research on \"gang structures\" and their rates of crime illustrate the connections between violent crimes and the amount of violent offenders within a gang. Additional discussion of distinguishing features (e.g.  typologies) of major gangs  and numerous examples of gang symbols  tattoos  and graffiti has been added to help readers identify and differentiate various types of gangs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651615973429,"sku":"ByrdShop_1544300220","price":72.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781544300221.jpg?v=1781836479","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/gangs-in-americas-communities-9781544300221","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}