TY - BOOK ID - 68550968 TI - Youth Gangs and Community Intervention AU - Butts, Jeffrey A AU - Chaskin, Robert J AU - Chaskin, Robert AU - Curry, G David AU - Howell, James C AU - Hughes, Lorine A AU - Kane, Candice AU - Kennedy, David M AU - Metzger, Tim AU - Quintana, Elena AU - Ransford, Charlie AU - Roman, Caterina Gouvis AU - Short, James F AU - Slutkin, Gary AU - Spergel, Irving A AU - Tita, George E AU - Vigil, James Diego AU - Papachristos, Andrew PY - 2010 SN - 9780231146845 0231146841 9780231146852 023114685X 9780231519311 0231519311 132243736X PB - New York, NY DB - UniCat KW - Gang prevention KW - Gangs KW - Gang members KW - Community organization KW - Citizen participation. KW - Rehabilitation KW - Members of gangs KW - Persons KW - Gang intervention KW - Intervention, Gang KW - Prevention of gangs KW - Crime prevention KW - Prevention KW - Citizen participation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:68550968 AB - Although a range of program and policy responses to youth gangs exist, most are largely based on suppression, implemented by the police or other criminal justice agencies. Less attention and fewer resources have been directed to prevention and intervention strategies that draw on the participation of community organizations, schools, and social service agencies in the neighborhoods in which gangs operate. Also underemphasized is the importance of integrating such approaches at the local level. In this volume, leading researchers discuss effective intervention among youth gangs, focusing on the ideas behind, approaches to, and evidence about the effectiveness of community-based, youth gang interventions. Treating community as a crucial unit of analysis and action, these essays reorient our understanding of gangs and the measures undertaken to defeat them. They emphasize the importance of community, both as a context that shapes opportunity and as a resource that promotes positive youth engagement. Covering key themes and debates, this book explores the role of social capital and collective efficacy in informing youth gang intervention and evaluation, the importance of focusing on youth development within the context of community opportunities and pressures, and the possibilities of better linking research, policy, and practice when responding to youth gangs, among other critical issues. ER -