Responding To Gangs Evaluation And Research

This 10 papers present a selection of gang-related research. The genesis was the upsurge in gang crime beginning in the mid-1980s, which prompted expanded research in this area. The emphasis in this volume is on evaluations. Chapters: A Decade of Gang Research; The Evolution of Street Gangs; Young Women in Street Gangs; Youth Gang Homicides in the U.S. in the 1990s; National Evaluation of the Gang Resistance Ed. & Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program; Evaluating Nevada's Anti-gang Legislation & Gang Prosecution Units; Evaluation of a Task Force Approach to Gangs; Gang Prevention Programs for Female Adolescents; Reducing Gang Violence in Boston; & Developing a GIS-Based Regional Gang Incident Tracking System. Tables.Reed, Winifred L. is the author of 'Responding To Gangs Evaluation And Research', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756736347 and ISBN 075673634X.