Reprint
Research on Gang-Related Violence in the 21st Century
Edited by
June 2021
188 pages
- ISBN978-3-0365-1534-2 (Hardback)
- ISBN978-3-0365-1533-5 (PDF)
This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Research on Gang-Related Violence in the 21st Century that was published in
Business & Economics
Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Summary
Conflict, including the threat or fear of potential violence, or being witness to or a victim of physical violence, constantly surrounds gangs and their communities and is the principal driver sustaining gang life. This Special Issue examines the diverse nature of gang-related violence with the goal of better understanding the growing complexities of gang violence over the last two decades to better inform public policy solutions. The contributions included in this Special Issue highlight the complex nature of gang-related violence in the 21st Century. As much as policy makers, the media, and even scholars like to simplify gang-related violence, all of the studies included in this Special Issue highlight the nuance and variation that exists.
Format
- Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
street gangs; public health; Good Lives Model; intervention; prevention; gang; violence; incident reports; police data; drug markets; gangs; opioids; overdose; spatial concentration; generalized cross-entropy; street gang violence; civil gang injunctions; conflict network; social network analysis; gangs; social networks; crisis; organized crime; homicide; violence; retaliation; gang homicide; comparative research; ethnography; gang violence; desistance; social networks; street gangs; network composition; criminal behavior; homicide; homicide types; disaggregation; street gangs; latent class analysis; gangs; violence; shootings; social media; focused deterrence; intervention; n/a