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Author Weisel, Deborah Lamm.

Title Contemporary gangs : an organizational analysis / Deborah Lamm Weisel.

Publication Info. New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 226 pages).
Series Criminal justice
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index.
Note Print version record.
Summary Contemporary gangs are persistent despite efforts to control them. Theories of gangs explain the emergence of gangs but offer little insight into their persistence and growth. Weisel examined the organizational characteristics of four criminal gangs. Although large gangs appear disorganized, they are not ephemeral groups. Instead the gangs feature characteristics of organic-adaptive organizations rather than hierarchical or bureaucratic organizations. As such, these gangs feature blended goals, shared decision making, a structure based on subdivisions, and a generalist orientation. Such features promote efficiency in a highly volatile environment and contribute to increases in the size and number of contemporary gangs in America.
Subject Gangs -- United States -- Case studies.
Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
Gangs -- California -- San Diego -- Case studies.
Gangs -- United States.
Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Gangs -- California -- San Diego.
TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime.
Gangs. (OCoLC)fst00937695
California -- San Diego. (OCoLC)fst01205232
Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Other Form: Print version: Weisel, Deborah Lamm. Contemporary gangs. New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2002 1931202303 (DLC) 2002003818 (OCoLC)49350234
ISBN 1593320337 (electronic bk.)
9781593320331 (electronic bk.)
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