Looking Beyond Suppression

Community Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence

Erika Gebo, Brenda J. Bond-Fortier

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2012
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780739176559
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Criminology
• Index: Social Sciences

This edited book significantly contributes to the knowledge on how to address gang problems from a broad community perspective, which takes into account criminal justice agencies, social service providers, and community leaders, along with police, who have implemented collaborative anti-gang policies and practices. As community-wide efforts become more common, it is increasingly important to investigate effective strategies to address social problems. Beyond Suppression: Community Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence explores a demonstration project of one state's efforts to reduce gang and youth violence through use of a comprehensive initiative, the Comprehensive Gang Model (CGM). The relevance of the CGM as a conceptual framework to guide gang policy and practice is illustrated throughout the book, and tailored gang reduction strategies derived from that framework and rooted in the ecological constitution of communities are showcased. The chapters highlight implementation strategies employed by various communities using a case study methodology that assists in garnering an in-depth perspective of implementation issues and key dimensions of the CGM. This book answers important questions about how communities operationalize the CGM. The results of these investigations are important for scholars, learners, and practitioners who seek to address gang violence using a customized response.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Disclaimer
• Chapter 1: Introduction to Gang Reduction Responses
• Chapter 2: Process Matters: Mobilizing Non-White Communities to Respond to Gangs
• Chapter 3: Using Action Research to Support Strategic Thinking and Data-Driven Decision-Making in Gang and Youth Violence Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression in Worcester
• Chapter 4: Creating and Implementing a Gang Assessment Instrument
• Chapter 5: Street Outreach as an Intervention Modality for At-Risk and Gang-Involved Youth
• Chapter 6: The Fundamental Challenges of Defining and Measuring Retaliatory Gang Violence
• Chapter 7: Strategic Problem Analysis to Guide Comprehensive Gang Violence Reduction Strategies
• Chapter 8: Impact of the Shannon CSI: Challenges and Observations from a Multisite Evaluation
• Chapter 9: Learning from Community Responses to Gangs
• About the Contributors