Forces... gangs to riots... why and how some communities erupt... and how we may end it

by Steven David Valdivia

New paradigms in researching, understanding and treating gang and other violence sub-cycles; Presents a six-stage process of which traditional Cycle of Violence is fourth stage and a Cycle of Maintenance fifth and suggests local cycles cannot be ended until all stages are acknowledged, fully understood and appropriately targeted; Places community violence on a Peace and Violence Continuum; Suggests an interface between peace and violence studies and cyberinfrastructure using advanced data analytics and visualization technologies for knowledge discovery, and to "map" the "genome" of violence and peace status in communities, regions and nations thus helping guide policy decisions; Redefines gangs and violent youth groups and places into three major categories that conform to societal dynamics. Suggests methods to analyze, predict and treat violence combining provenance theory with supercomputers and includes societal elements as well as local forces; Foreword by Edward James Olmos and Mike Farrell.

374 pages, Paperback

First published April 3, 2008