Grassroots Solutions To Youth Crime

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
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Download or read book Grassroots Solutions to Youth Crime written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tim Goddard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315456192
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Youth, Community and the Struggle for Social Justice written by Tim Goddard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activists, policymakers, and scholars in the US have called for policy reform and evidence-based efforts to decrease the number of people in jail and prison, improve hostile police–community relations, and rollback the "tough on crime" movement. Given that poor people, particularly poor people of color, make up the majority of those under carceral control in Western, industrial countries, can technical solutions, gradual reforms, and individual-level programming genuinely change the deeply entrenched carceral state that has been expanding in the US for over 40 years? In this book, the authors offer an examination of the creative ideas that twelve US-based social justice organizations put forward for how participation in social change might spur not only individual-level change in young people, but community-wide mobilization against the harms resulting from the "tough on crime" movement and neoliberal policy. Using alternative programs grounded in political and social consciousness-raising, these organizations provide important and novel methods for how we might roll back carceral expansion. Their approaches resonate with scholarship in criminology and related fields; however, they sharply contrast with popular notions of "what works". The authors detail how community-based organizations must navigate not only these scientific forces, but the bureaucratic and financial ones consistent with neoliberal governance as well as the more formidable, less navigable political barriers that activate when organizations mobilize young people of color for social and carceral reform. While aware of the formidable barriers they face, the authors highlight the emancipatory potential of community-based social justice organizations working with the most marginalized young people across several major US cities. Written in an accessible way, this book will be of interest to scholars, students, progressive policymakers, practitioners, and activists and their allies who are deeply troubled by the class and racial disparities that pervade the carceral state.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Criminal Justice Reform and Efforts to Reduce Recidivism written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 1501, Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act of 1999, and H.R. 2122, Mandatory Gun Show Background Check Act of 1999 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Heidi M. Hsia
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
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Download or read book Allegheny County, PA, Mobilizing to Reduce Juvenile Crime written by Heidi M. Hsia and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard A. Mendel
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0756704200
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Less Hype, More Help written by Richard A. Mendel and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the wealth of new knowledge about the causes and cures for delinquency and youth violence that has been generated by researchers and practitioners over the past 2 decades, including powerful new models that are dramatically reducing recidivism by youthful offenders and the onset of delinquency by high-risk youth. Examines 2 popular notions: that youth crime is growing worse due to a generation of "juvenile superpredators" and that "adult time for adult crime" should be the basis for juvenile crime policy. Looks in detail at our nation's juvenile justice systems and our varied efforts to prevent delinquency and violence. Includes recommendations.

Author : Irving A. Spergel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195357868
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Youth Gang Problem written by Irving A. Spergel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-06-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day there are new stories of gang-related crime: from the proliferation of illegal weapons in the streets and children dealing drugs in their schools, to innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire of never-ending gang wars. Once considered an urban phenomenon, gang violence is permeating American life, spreading to the suburbs and bringing the problem closer to home for much of America. The government, schools, social agencies, and the justice system are conspicuous by their sporadic interest in the subject and have failed to develop effective policies and programs. Existing social support mechanisms and strategies for suppressing violence have often been unsuccessful. And, state and federal policy is largely nonexistent. In The Youth Gang Problem: A Community Approach, Irving Spergel provides a systematic analysis of youth gangs in the United States. Based on research, historical and comparative analysis, and agency documents and the author's extensive first-hand experience, the work explores the gang problem from the perspective of community disorganization, especially population movement, and the plight of the underclass. It examines the factors of gang member personality, gang dynamics, criminal organization, and the influence of family, school, prisons, and politics, as well as the response of criminal justice agencies and community groups. Spergel describes techniques used by social agencies, schools, employment programs, criminal justice agencies, and grass-roots organizations for dealing with gangs, and recommends strategies that emphasize the use of local resources, planning, and collaborative procedures. There is no single strategy and no easy solution to the youth gang problem in the United States. There are, however, substantial steps we can take, and they must be honestly and systematically tested. Offering a practical and alternative approach to a serious social problem, The Youth Gang Problem: A Community Approach is a major and long-awaited contribution to this dilemma. It is required reading for criminal justice personnel, school staff, social workers, policy makers, students and scholars of urban and organizational sociology, and the general reader concerned with the youth gang problem and how to control, intervene, and prevent it.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legislative Calendar written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1668 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 1668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House".