Panic The Social Construction of the Street Gang Problem

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This book challenges many of the claims made by law enforcement and the media regarding the nature and extent of the gang problem in the United States. Employing a social constructionist approach to the study of social problems, the authors detail how law enforcement has figured prominently in the creation and promotion of stereotypes—marketing the gang threat via the news media to protect and increase organizational resources and power. A rich historical context traces street gangs form their emergence in urban centers in the 19th century, to the western outlaw gangs of the post-Civil War period, to contemporary gangs. Other chapters cover conditions, social problems, and moral panics; the police, crime control, and gangs; crime, gangs, and the news media; the gang panic in Nevada; gangs in the legislature; prosecuting gangs; and panic at the national level. For citizens interested in social problems and public policy. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New - Item: 461506630 - Panic The Social Construction of the Street Gang Problem

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This is a uniquely sociologically oriented Criminology text designed to help students cultivate their own 'sociological imagination' about crime and criminal justice. The book takes a critical approach and places questions of social inequality and power at the center of criminological inquiry. It views class, race/ethnicity, and gender as pivotal organizing principles of social life--prisms through which we come to know ourselves and our social world and as central mechanisms by which social relationships are patterned. The text offers instructors and students an approach that is interesting and innovative, yet organized to fit into conventional course formats. The authors write in an engaging manner that is accessible to students, and they include many real-life anecdotes and quotes from offenders, victims, and criminal justice personnel to help illustrate concepts and make the material more interesting to read. With the text students have access to PowerWeb, a password-protected course-specific Web site that offers current articles about criminology (refere - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461110411 - Crime Justice and Society Criminology and the Sociological Imagination with Free PowerWeb - more info

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