Synopsis
This is the latest edition of a text that was first published in 1991 and has been growing with each new edition. It is intended for use as a college or university text or as a training text for workers and policy makers in law enforcement, social services, and education. Among the issues discussed are gang history, community, theory, law enforcement, corrections, and prevention. Three new chapters in this edition analyze mass media and gangs, discuss the impact of federal prosecution on gangs, and compare organizational characteristics of cults and gangs. Knox, a veteran in the field, has been editor of the Journal of Gang Research and director of the National Gang Crime Research Center. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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About the Author
Dr. George W. Knox authored the first full textbook on gangs in 1991 (An Introduction to Gangs) and the book National Gang Resource Handbook (1995). He has co-authored several other gang books: Hate Crime and Extremist Gangs (with Gregg Etter, 2008), Gang Profiles: An Anthology (with Curtis Robinson, 2004), The Vice Lords: A Gang Profile Analysis (with Andrew V. Papachristos, 2002), Schools Under Siege (1992). He has contributed about ten book chapters and has over 50 journal publications, mostly on gang issues. He is the founder and executive director of the National Gang Crime Research Center, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Gang Research. He has done gang research for over 30 years, and taught gang courses for 22 years. Dr. Gregg W. Etter, Sr. Ed.D. is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Missouri. Prior to academic life he had law enforcement experience with the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office. He has written extensively and presented classes on gangs, white supremacist groups and police management topics in the United States and Canada. He is a member of the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the National Sheriff's Association. He is a multiple recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award and is an editor of the Journal of Gang Research. He is the co-author of Hate Crime and Extremist Gangs (Knox and Etter, 2008). He has about 20 journal publications. Dr. Carter F. Smith, J.D., Ph.D. is a retired Army CID Special Agent, and has been with the Department of Criminal Justice Administration at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN since 2006. He is the author of Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training, and co-author of Gangs and Private Security Today. He is a multiple recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award and is an editor of the Journal of Gang Research. He received a law degree from Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, and a Doctorate of Philosophy from Northcentral University in Prescott Valley, Arizona.
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"In a busy world with limited time I would recopmmend that jails confonted with gang problems would serve themselves well by purchasing this book. Knox and his staff have done a tremendous amount of work in collecting and analyzing material about the gang problem in America." Ken Kerle, p. 104, American Jails magazine, July/August, 2006. --American Jails magazine, 2006.
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