Youth gangs and community intervention [electronic resource] : research, practice, and evidence / edited by Robert J. Chaskin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Chicago School: a context for youth intervention research and development / Robert J. Chaskin -- The evolution of gang policy: balancing intervention and suppression / George E. Tita, Andrew Papachristos -- Lessons learned from gang program evaluations: prevention, intervention, suppression, and comprehensive community approaches / James C. Howell -- An examination of the role of CeaseFire, the Chicago police, Project Safe Neighborhoods, and displacement in the reduction in homicide in Chicago in 2004 / Charlie Ransford ... [et al.] -- From knowledge to response and back again: theory and evaluation in responding to gangs / G. David Curry -- Promoting research integrity in community-based intervention research / James F. Short, Jr., Lorine A. Hughes -- Multiple marginality and human development: applying research insights for gang prevention and intervention / James Diego Vigil -- A community youth development approach to gang control programs / Jeffrey A. Butts, Caterina Gouvis Roman -- Taking criminology seriously: narratives, norms, networks, and common ground / David M. Kennedy -- Community gang programs: theory, models, and effectiveness / Irving A. Spergel.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.