{"product_id":"9780759113893","title":"Reducing Youth Gang Violence: The Little Village Gang Project in Chicago","description":"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.","brand":"AltaMira Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067847917808,"sku":"9780759113893","price":63.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780759113893_p0.jpg?v=1769903809","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780759113893","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}