Crime and crime reduction : the importance of group processes / edited by Jane L. Wood and Theresa A. Gannon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The social influence of groups on individuals / G. Tendayi Viki, Dominic Abrams -- Street gangs: group processes and theoretical explanations / Jane L. Wood, Emma Alleyne -- Applying socio-psychological models to understanding displaced and group-based aggression in street gangs / Eduardo A. Vasquez, Brian Lickel, Karen Hennigan -- A multi-factorial approach to understanding multiple perpetrator sexual offending / Leigh Harkins, Louise Dixon -- The role of group processes in terrorism / Margaret A. Wilson, Emma Bradford, Lucy Lemanski -- Organized crime: criminal organizations or organized criminals? / Vincent Egan, Stephen Lock -- Surviving and thriving: the growth, influence and administrative control of prison gangs / Marie L. Griffin, David Pyrooz, Scott H. Decker -- Features of treatment delivery and group processes that maximize the effects of offender programs / W. L. Marshall, D. L. Burton, L. E. Marshall -- Should group membership be considered for treatment to be effective? Jo Thakker.