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The myth of sucess: the emergence and maintance of a special gang unit in Stockholm Sweden
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- Rostami, Amir (författare)
- Stockholm University
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- Melde, Chris (författare)
- Michigan State University,MI, USA
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- Holgersson, Stefan, 1967- (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Informationssystem och digitalisering,Filosofiska fakulteten
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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2014-10-31
- 2014
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0192-4036 .- 2157-6475. ; 39:3, s. 199-217
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Abstract
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- Street gangs and organized crime groups pose a unique challenge to police departments across the globe. Given their penchant for public displays of affiliation through well-recognized signs and symbols, their presence is often associated with media attention and public scrutiny, which threatens the legitimacy of the police and creates added pressure to generate a specific and public response to the threat these groups pose. The current study documents how the Stockholm County, Sweden, police developed and maintained an anti-gang operation in response to an emerging gang problem. While police officials labeled the anti-gang initiative a success in the news media, analyses of prosecution statistics and internal police documents demonstrate a less than ideal effect of this operation. Potential reasons for the discrepancy in public pronouncements of programmatic success relative to evaluation of official data are discussed.
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- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)
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