The Gang Life: Laugh Now, Cry Later: Suppression And Prevention

The Gang Life: Laugh Now, Cry Later examines the criminal gangster mindset and offers predictive gang prevention strategies, using real-world examples to demonstrate a holistic approach toward combatting this surging societal problem. The text outlines the evolution of gang membership from a state of interest, to association, to hardcore, "O.G." (Original Gangster) status, and explores the evolution of law enforcement's multi-pronged approach to combating criminal street gang violence. Designed for criminal justice students and for practitioners in the field, this text offers readers a holistic approach toward predictive gang prevention from three nationally awarded educators and gang investigators.

• | Author: Robert Matthew Brzenchek|Ben Pieper (Police officer)|Garrick Plonczynski
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Oct 06, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 156 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1498778070
• | ISBN-13: 9781498778077