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GANG INJUNCTIONS AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
by
Eduardo Mendoza Miranda
___________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING,
AND DEVELOPMENT
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
August 2007
Copyright 2007 Eduardo Mendoza Miranda
Object Description
| Title | Gang injunctions and community participation |
| Author | Miranda, Eduardo Mendoza |
| Author email | eduardomiranda4900@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Planning and Development Studies |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Planning & Development Studies |
| School | School of Policy, Planning, and Development |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-05-03 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-07-09 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Richardson, Harry |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Newland, Chester A. Moore, James, II Capune, Garrett Baca, Leroy, Sheriff |
| Abstract | Civil Gang Injunctions have existed since 1987. The City of Oxnard recently implemented a spatially extensive one. The majority of the residents approved the injunction but regretted not being part of the process before the District Attorney's Office and the Oxnard Police Department obtained a court order against the La Colonia Chiques Gang. A small minority of the population completely opposed the injunction and its implementation.; This project focuses on public safety, civil rights, perceptions, and opinions/perspectives. It shows how Oxnard gangs developed from car clubs, describes the history of the La Colonia neighborhood along with recent statistics, and presents the opinions of community members, gang members, and police officers about this injunction.; A good example of a successful injunction in the Los Angeles area was the Redondo Beach Injunction against the North Side Redondo Gang. It showed how the community was involved in the process and the effectiveness of the SARA (Scan, Analyze, Respond, and Assess) model. The District Attorney and the Redondo Beach Police Department brought the community together to achieve a united goal to combat gang violence.; The literature review attempts to establish a rationale based on the Spergel Model, Arnstein's citizen participation ladders, Nye's comment about soft power, Churchman's system approach, Saxton's article on citizen participation, and the works of many other authors.; The core of the research presents the views of activists, elected officials, police officers, and citizens who have argued their positions on civil gang injunctions.; The discussion of findings supports the conclusion that the injunction suffered from defects and could have been implemented differently. This researcher's perspective is unusual because he is a police officer who worked where the gang injunction was implemented. A major conclusion is that it is essential to consider the community involvement when implementing controversial social urban policies such as gang injunctions. |
| Keyword | gang injunctions; police; district attorney; community participation; Colonia Chiques |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Oxnard |
| Geographic subject (county) | Ventura |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m595 |
| Rights | Miranda, Eduardo Mendoza |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Miranda-20070709 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Miranda-20070709-0.pdf |
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| Full text | GANG INJUNCTIONS AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION by Eduardo Mendoza Miranda ___________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES August 2007 Copyright 2007 Eduardo Mendoza Miranda |
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