{"product_id":"on-gangs-9781439920640","title":"On Gangs","description":"\u003cp\u003eGangs are multifaceted and varied, so any attempt to understand them cannot be restricted to a singular approach. \u003ci\u003eOn Gangs\u003c\/i\u003e provides a diverse and comprehensive survey of the available theories for understanding this social issue as well as the broad range of responses to it. The authors look at the many influences on gangs' operation, growth, prevention, and enforcement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors provide different criminological, psychological, and sociological approaches to gang studies, including interviews with past and current gang members. \u003ci\u003eOn Gangs\u003c\/i\u003e presents the core issues for understanding gangs, including emerging topics like prison gangs, gender and gangs, and international gangs. There is also a focus on policing, legislation, and punishment. Weaving together research and policy findings to address the causes, contexts, and consequences of gangs, the authors address topics including joining, resisting, and leaving gangs, and how gangs operate in communities and institutions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn authoritative and sweeping tour of gang scholarship, \u003ci\u003e On Gangs\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the critical evidence-based solutions in prevention, enforcement, legislation, and intervention. The authors seek to answer the question: How do we effectively deal with gangs and gang membership?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott H. Decker\u003c\/b\u003e is Foundation Professor Emeritus in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. His books include, \u003ci\u003eDrug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling, and Criminology and Public Policy\u003c\/i\u003e (Temple), as well as \u003ci\u003eLife in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence, and Competing for Control: Gangs and the Social Order of Prison\u003c\/i\u003e (Cambridge). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid C. Pyrooz\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eConfronting Gangs, The Handbook of Gangs \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCompeting for Control: Gangs and the Social Order of Prisons.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames A. Densley\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of the School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice at Metropolitan State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHow Gangs Work: An Ethnography of Youth Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, and Scotland's \u003ci\u003eGang Members: Life and Crime In Glasgow\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50381651673362,"sku":"9781439920640","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d690e917-ab19-4d48-981c-152ea63ede71.jpg?v=1728698746","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-gangs-9781439920640","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}