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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"gang membership"”.
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An investigation of socio-psychological factors that influence adolescent gang membership
… in youths who may be at risk to joining gangs.
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An investigation of socio-psychological factors that influence adolescent gang membership
… in youths who may be at risk to joining gangs.
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Situating Females in UK Gangs: An Exploratory Study
Until recently the involvement of females in gangs has been a relatively neglected area of inquiry for academic research and criminal justice policy in the UK (Campbell, 1991; Chesney-Lind, 1993). In contrast the media have become increasingly interested in female gang involvement in the UK …
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Perceptions and risk factors of gang association in a UK sample
The thesis reviewed research around gang membership in adolescents, particularly difficulties defining gangs and the impact this has on quantifying the gang problem and gang crime. Moreover, risk factors associated with gang membership and violence was discussed. The thesis also attempted to …
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Differential Development of Delinquent Behavior In A Matched Sample of Gang- and Nongang- Affiliated Youth
… research consistently shows that youth gang members are responsible for committing a disproportionate amount of all serious crime and delinquent acts. Methodological limitations of previous work, however, have limited our understanding of the precise role of the organized gang in …
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Crime, criminality, and gangs
… attempts to clarify the relationships between gang membership, crime, and criminality. It begins by introducing the distinction between crime and criminality, and analyzing criminological theory using this distinction. Next, it describes how these same theories view the role of social …
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Factors associated with rural Mexican American gang activity
… examines factors related to Mexican American gang involvement in rural communities. Data for this study were obtained from a larger, cross sectional study on adolescent drug use in rural areas. Survey data from a total of 746 males (373 gang members and 373 non-gang members) and 290 females …
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Understanding the Service Needs of Gang-Involved Youth: Social Identity and Ecological Influences on Health Decision-Making
Gang-involved youth experience multiple forms of marginalization and are members of communities experiencing significant health disparities (e.g., youth of color, poor). Yet, research and policy narratives routinely center delinquency, violence, and legal system intervention with limited attention …
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Controlling gang crime: The Santa Nita gang injunction
The purpose of this study will explore increasing gang membership, gang structure, and strategies utilized by the criminal justice system in attempting to curb gang-related crime and activities. Through a quantitative research study, the researcher examined crime in the cities of Garden Grove, …
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Controlling gang crime: The Santa Nita gang injunction
The purpose of this study will explore increasing gang membership, gang structure, and strategies utilized by the criminal justice system in attempting to curb gang-related crime and activities. Through a quantitative research study, the researcher examined crime in the cities of Garden Grove, …
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What Happens Next? A Grounded Theory Exploration of the Psychological Impact of Leaving the Gang
… exists regarding the psychological impacts of gang membership and the mental health needs of gang members. Of the few studies that have been conducted, gang members were found to have increased rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (1.77 odds), current substance abuse (2.58 odds), …
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Exploring anti-gang advertising: Focus group discussions with gang members and at-risk youth
The use of advertising to discourage gang membership is a issue that has been heavily debated, but the controversy has continually overlooked the children for whom the ads are intended to help. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the use of anti-gang advertising by seeking the opinions of …
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CROSSING BORDERS: MEXICAN DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS INFLUENCE ON INTERSTATE GANG STRUCTURE
<p>Not only has gang membership been expanding, but the formation of cooperative ties with Mexican drug trafficking organizations (MDTOs) has been increasing as well. Collaborative relationships with MDTOs appear to be the driving force behind the continuing gang expansion and its subsequent …
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Predicting institutional behavior in youthful offenders: The role of individual and family factors in risk assessment.
… by impulsivity, family substance abuse, and gang membership. Treatment progress also differed depending on age; the absence of certain risk factors predicted success for adolescents, while academic achievement and intelligence facilitated young adults' advancement. Importantly, support was …
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Risky Youth or Gang Members? : A contextual critique of the (re)discovery of gangs in Britain
… needing guidance has metamorphosed into one of ‘gang’ membership requiring a punitive response. My work examines how community agencies and the criminal justice system have responded to this shift and focuses on the consequences for young people. Theoretically, this body of work has been …
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PREDICTORS OF INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PLACEMENT AMONG COMMITTED YOUTHS WITHIN A MAXIMUM-SECURITY RESIDENTIAL FACILITY
… facility, we evaluated whether age, race, gang membership, number of adjudicated offenses, institutional rule violations, externalizing symptoms, and internalizing symptoms predicted total number of ISPs. Additionally, we evaluated if major rule violations lead to more ISPs compared to …
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Gender Identity, Ethnic Identity, and Self-Esteem in Latino Adolescent Males
… intervention program for boys at-risk of gang membership. The majority of boys were of Latino heritage. It was hypothesized that gender typicality and gender contentedness would be significantly correlated with self-esteem, and that ethnic identity would mediate the relationship between …
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Understanding female gang involvement in Mitchells Plain, Western Cape: exploring female gang involvement
The dissertation focuses on understanding female gang involvement in Mitchells Plain, Western Cape: Exploring Female Gang Involvement. The purpose of this study was to explore realities of female gang involvement in the Western Cape, South Africa in a township called Mitchells Plain making use of …