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Gangs, Groups, and Crime : Perceptions and Responses of Community Organizations. Chester G Oehme
Author: Chester G Oehme
Date: 01 Nov 1997
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Original Languages: English
Format: Book::303 pages
ISBN10: 0890898723
Publication City/Country: United States
Dimension: 165.1x 234.95x 25.4mm::544.31g
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Gangs, Groups, and Crime : Perceptions and Responses of Community Organizations free download . Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program Support (Funding O Gang Prevention: An Overview of Research and Programs. Since the mid-20th century, and how gangs form. The author examines how community members can begin to assess their gang problems and provide necessary enhancements to prevention and intervention activities. Community-based proactive strategies recognize and promote the community’s active role in the crime-prevention process. They seek to define the relationship or mode of interaction between the police and the community in a way presumed to reduce crime or disorder. As we mentioned in Chapter 5 This study examines public perceptions of the criminal justice system (CJS) with respect to perceptions of crime versus actual crime rates and confidence in the system. Findings suggest that public perception of crime is unrelated to actual crime rates and that confidence in the CJS is low, particularly with respect to courts and corrections. Organized crime groups use extortion (threats of violence) and force to obtain money or property from a person or group. For example, an organized crime group may extort business owners in a neighborhood making them pay a monthly fee for protection. If an owner refuses, his business may be vandalized or … Another notable characteristic of today's organized crime groups is the shift from mainly ethnic based groups to multicultural criminal organizations. CISC reports that although ethnic and cultural heritage remains an influencing principle within the organized crime environment, the growing number of multi-ethnic groups is based on criminal capabilities rather than ethnicity Footnote 5. The research attempts to locate the broader questions about the nature, extent, impact and control of violent crime within the narrow context of a small, community-based study focusing on the respondents' perceptions of, and reactions to violent crime. The Alex Community Crime Survey (ACCS) is a pilot study aimed at providing baseline data from Even fewer studies examined ethnic differences in perceptions of community problems, fear, and behavioral precautions due to gangs. Using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) techniques, this article examines differences among Whites, Latinos, and Vietnamese in perceptions of community disorder and diversity, perceived risk and fear of gang crime, and resulting behavioral precautions. Network, a citywide partnership that utilizes district-based Community Organizers to build the capacity of neighborhoods to reduce crime and increase public safety, organized, and implemented a comprehensive survey of community perceptions of safety in San Francisco. The survey was implemented in April 2006 organizers throughout the different Indeed, such research has often been used politically to ascribe immorality to specific population groups or ethnicities. Social disorganization theory and cultural transmission theory examine the consequences when a community is unable to conform to common values and to solve the problems of its residents. The standard National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) instrument was used with questions about citizen perceptions of community policing and neighborhood issues. Emergency Room Statistics on Intentional Violence Collects data on intentional injuries, such as domestic violence, rape, and child abuse, from a national sample of hospital emergency rooms. Although many residents initially associated hip hop with gangs and crime, their perceptions have been reshaped after nearly a decade of seeing hip hop used as a “tool for social transformation,” said a local hip hop teacher and grassroots groups and civil society organizations, Can Hip Hop Help Stop Gang Violence in Latin Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice presents what we know and what we urgently need to find out about contributing factors, ranging from prenatal care, differences in temperament, and family influences to the role of peer relationships, the impact of the school policies toward delinquency, and the broader influences of the neighborhood and community. During their life course, individuals will normally come to learn about violence through at least one of two distinct processes. Some will themselves become victims of violence and may draw on those experiences in reaching conclusions about the nature … Gangs, like those found in Cape Town are spreading to megacities throughout Africa including Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos, Dakar, Kinshasa, and Addis Ababa. In the Cape community of Delft, gang competition for the spoils of crime has added Somalian and Congolese gangs to the mix. Police Response to Gangs: A Multi-Site Study iii Executive Summary Traditionally, the police response to gangs and gang-related problems has been to assign responsibility for control to existing departmental units, such as patrol, juvenile bureaus, community relations, investigations, and crime … Section 5 – Community Perceptions Data This section discusses the perceptions and experiences of people who live and work in Tacoma. A combination of strategies, including focus groups and online surveys were used to gather feedback from community residents, community leaders, youth-serving agency personnel, educators and gang-involved Martial Arts Groups/Gangs first nationwide community-police perceptions survey in Timor-Leste. The aim of the survey was to gather first-hand opinion of a large sample of Timorese citizens, The complexity of public perceptions of the police, crime and security in Timor-Leste reflect These issues, central to conflict theories and critical theories of crime, are important. How-ever, because they focus on systematically deeper power relations between competing in-terest groups, they seldom provide feasible policy alternatives and tend to reinforce perceptions of crime as an insolvable problem. iii. 24 states refer to organization, association or group iv. 22 states and DC use the term criminal street gang and 22 states define crime/activity, and 12 refers to a gang crime as a pattern of criminal activity while 18 states enumerate exact crimes that are considered a criminal gang activity Abstract. Most research on violence has focused on males, but recent studies indicatethat females are also involved in violent crimes. Few studies, to date,have examined whether different or similar models explain male and femaleinvolvement in violent behavior. Risk Management Considerations for Controlling Gang Influence. Organizations offering services to children and youth should check with their local police departments to determine if there is a significant gang presence in the community and the kinds of gangs that may be present. While some research had examined the perceptions of gangs among police, youth, students, and teachers (Johnson et al., 1995, Katz & Webb, 2006, St. Cyr & Decker, 2003, Swetnam & Pope, 2001), prosecutors' perceptions of gangs, especially within an emerging gang city, is largely unknown. Table of Contents List of Figures Perceptions of Youth Crime and Youth Gangs: A Statewide Systemic Investigation _____ ii Respondent demographics Figure 11 Agency Response after a Gang Presence was Identified in the Most research on violence has focused on males, but recent studies indicatethat females are also involved in violent crimes. Few studies, to date,have examined whether different or similar models explain male and femaleinvolvement in violent behavior. In the current research, we examine therelative contribution of social bond, self-control and The police have at least three models of specialized responses for calls involving mentally ill persons. Which of the following models involves formal agreements and arrangements between police departments and community mental health organizations? A. The police-based specialized response B. The police-based mental health response Gangs have been the focus of so many studies in the United States that they have become a growth industry. Most recent research has treated gangs in one of two ways: either as a gathering of individuals with a specific negative set of personal attributes or a group of individuals who act in a deviant and/or criminal manner. The Community Solution to Gang Violence Forum was held in April of 2003 and drew over 350 people from a broad cross-section of the community: youth services, education, family services, mental health, housing, employment, victim support, crime prevention initiatives, community development agencies, multicultural groups, aboriginal organizations, small business, church groups, police street gang, and excluded prison gangs, organized adult crime groups, motorcycle gangs, stoners and satanic cults, and terrorist groups. We also excluded many youth groups, in school and out, that occasionally involve themselves individually or collectively in delinquent or criminal activities. Relations Between Neighborhood Factors, Parenting Behaviors, Peer Deviance, Although it is important to identify protective factors for improving community, family, and peer group functioning, Bellair P. Social interaction and community crime: Examining the …
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