TY  - BOOK
AU  - Katz,Charles M.
AU  - Webb,Vincent J.
TI  - Policing gangs in America
T2  - Cambridge studies in criminology
SN  - 9780521851107
AV  - HV8080.G35 K38 2006
U1  - 363.2/3 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Police
KW  - Gang units
KW  - United States
KW  - Gangs
KW  - Community policing
KW  - Brigades antigangs
KW  - États Unis
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Police communautaire
KW  - fast
KW  - Kommunalpolitik
KW  - swd
KW  - Polizei
KW  - Bandenkriminalität
KW  - Brigades antigangs - États Unis
KW  - Gangs - États-Unis
KW  - Police communautaire - États-Unis
KW  - gnd
KW  - USA
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index; Acknowledgments --; 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 gang unit officer --; 7; On the job --; 8; Policing gangs in a time of community policing --; 9; Conclusion and implications --; References --; Index
N2  - This study describes the assumptions, issues, problems, and events that characterise, shape, and define the police response to gangs in America today. It focuses on gang unit officers and the environment in which they work, describing how gang units respond to community gang problems
ER  -