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Introduction Introduction
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Why here? Why now? Why here? Why now?
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The neighbourhood effect The neighbourhood effect
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Alternative cognitive landscapes Alternative cognitive landscapes
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Stemming the flow: the neighbourhood as a site of intervention Stemming the flow: the neighbourhood as a site of intervention
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Family support Family support
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Neighbourhood capacity building Neighbourhood capacity building
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Educational interventions Educational interventions
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Employment and enterprise Employment and enterprise
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Youth and community provision Youth and community provision
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Rehabilitation and resettlement Rehabilitation and resettlement
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Shared ownership and leadership Shared ownership and leadership
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Intelligence, assessment and targeting Intelligence, assessment and targeting
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Monitoring and evaluation Monitoring and evaluation
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Commissioning and funding Commissioning and funding
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Project infrastructure Project infrastructure
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Youth and community work training Youth and community work training
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Conclusion Conclusion
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References References
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2 Intervening in gang-affected neighbourhoods
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Violent youth gangs are almost invariably located in economically distressed urban neighbourhoods. Many U.S. studies and recent experience in Europe and the United Kingdom indicate that poor housing, material poverty and the absence of primary sector employment contribute significantly to the presence of violent youth gangs. This suggests that neighbourhood-level interventions that endeavour to address both the problems afflicting these neighbourhoods and their broader socioeconomic and cultural determinants might serve to stem the flow of young people becoming involved in gang violence as victims and as perpetrators. In certain multiply disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods, children, young people and their families are at heightened risk of gang involvement and gang victimisation. Indeed, U.S. research suggests that the neighbourhood of residence may be the key factor in determining whether or not a young person becomes involved in youth crime and youth gangs. This chapter offers a sketch of some of the components of a medium- to long-term comprehensive intervention in gang-affected neighbourhoods. Such a strategy may involve family support, neighbourhood capacity building, educational interventions, youth and community provision and rehabilitation and resettlement.
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