Scott H. Decker is Foundation Professor Emeritus in
the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State
University. His books include, Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling,
and Criminology and Public Policy (Temple), as well as Life in the
Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence, and Competing for Control:
Gangs and the Social Order of Prison (Cambridge).
David C. Pyrooz is an Associate Professor of Sociology at
the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the author of Confronting
Gangs, The Handbook of Gangs and Competing for Control: Gangs and
the Social Order of Prisons.
James A. Densley is Professor and Chair of the School of Law
Enforcement and Criminal Justice at Metropolitan State University.
He is the author of How Gangs Work: An Ethnography of Youth
Violence, and Scotland’s Gang Members: Life and Crime In
Glasgow.
“On Gangs is one of those truly rare books that succinctly
summarizes a sprawling field of research while also offering a bold
and thoughtful vision for the future. A must-have and must-read for
anyone interested in the study of street gangs. It will be
dog-eared and highlighted within minutes.”—Andrew V. Papachristos,
Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University
“As impressive in depth as it is in breadth, three OGs from gang
scholarship cover the full spectrum of issues from gang definitions
and structures to gender, ethnicity, and international
perspectives. This heavyweight contribution should rise to the top
of the hierarchy of gang scholarship.”—Professor Simon Harding,
Director of the National Centre for Gangs Research, London
“On Gangs offers a much-needed synthesis and assessment of our
scholarly knowledge on gangs, offering the reader breadth, depth,
and rich insights on these groups, their members, the contexts in
which they emerge, and the complex efforts to respond to them.
Decker, Pyrooz, and Densley promise an ‘integrative and
authoritative’ account, and they deliver with a text that is
intellectually rigorous and engaging. Their historical accounts of
gangs and gang scholarship; their inclusion of core, critical, and
emerging issues; and their thoughtful assessment of gang
interventions make this an especially welcome contribution. It will
be the go-to source for anyone hoping to better understand gangs
and our study of these groups.”—Jody Miller, Distinguished
Professor at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, and author of
One of the Guys: Girls, Gangs, and Gender
"On Gangs, is a comprehensive summary of various aspects of
gangs.... Students in criminal justice, sociology, and other
programs can benefit from On Gangs. It can be a perfect textbook
for an undergraduate gang class because it provides extensive
aspects of gangs from basic knowledge such as the definition,
organizational structure, onset, and desistance, to critical issues
such as gender and race, and to the responses to gangs from the
three branches of criminal justice system. On Gangs can also be a
good resource book for a graduate course because it summarizes
numerous prior outstanding studies on relevant topics and also
gives directions to future research.”—Journal of Criminal Justice
Education
"When it comes to academic textbooks dedicated to the study of
gangs, On Gangs by Scott Decker, David Pyrooz, and James Densley is
the new 'OG!' On Gangs is by far the most comprehensive and
in-depth textbook that exists on the market today and will likely
remain the standard until it goes out of print.... On Gangs is the
quintessential textbook for any undergraduate or graduate class as
it provides a rock-solid foundation on all aspects of gang
scholarship over the last century.”—Criminal Justice Review
"[A] comprehensive review of the research and theory on the concept
of gangs.... The writing is sophisticated.... This book will best
serve students and scholars in the fields of counseling,
psychology, sociology, or social work as well as professionals in a
wide range of social services. It is sufficiently comprehensive to
be considered a reference work as well. Summing Up:
Recommended."—Choice
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