Reducing Youth Gang Violence: The Little Village Gang Project in Chicago (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780759109995)

In this book, Irving Spergel details the efforts of his Chicago youth gang project, a comprehensive, community-based model designed to reduce gang problems, including violence and illegal drug activity. He offers an in-depth description of the Little Village Gang Violence Reduction Project, revealing the successes and failures of intervention at each level: individual youths, the gang itself, and the community at large. Spergel relates how a coalition of criminal justice, neighborhood, and academic organizations_along with a team of tactical officers, probation officers, former gang leaders, and a neighborhood organization_developed strategies for dealing with hardcore violent male youths from two gangs: the Latin Kings and Two Six. This well-known project has become the model for a series of national initiatives. Policymakers, criminologists, and gang researchers will find this model valuable for assessing gang programs and reducing gang violence.

Author: Irving a. Spergel
ISBN-10: 0759109990
ISBN-13: 9780759109995
Publisher: Altamira Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.50w x 0.97d