Anatomy of a gang suppression unit: the social construction  

Oleh:

Meyer, Michael ; Archbold, Carol a.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Police Quarterly vol. 2 no. 2 (Jun. 1999), page 201-224.
Fulltext: 201PQ22.pdf (97.46KB)

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This article explores the institutional response of a midsized Midwestern police department to a perceived growing problem with youth gang activity. More specifically, this article analyzes both individual and orga nizational level variables that provide jus tification for creating and sus taining the existence of a Gang Suppression Unit (GSU). The evolution of the GSU is traced through both for mal and informal con structions of a perceived youth gang problem by the Cedar Springs Police Depart ment. Data collec tion consisted of 250 hours of participant obser vation with both uniformed patrol officers and mem bers of the GSU, as well as official memos, records, and news paper articles, to illustrate a historical over view of how the GSU emerged. Inaddition, this case study also provides evidence of common conditions often found in moral panic situations.

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