A Qualitative Investigation of Gang Presence and Sexual Harassment in a Middle School
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DOI: 10.1007/s10826-017-1012-1
Abstract: Our goal with this qualitative case study was to explore the relationship between gang membership/presence of gangs in a middle school on the experiences of sexual harassment from the perspectives of both bullies and victims.… read more here.
Keywords: sexual harassment; middle school; presence; harassment ... See more keywords
Effect of Gang Injunctions on Crime: A Study of Los Angeles from 1988–2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s10940-018-9396-7
Abstract: ObjectiveTo assess the effect of civil gang injunctions on crime.MethodsWe use data on the location and date of 46 gang injunctions between 1993 and 2013 and quarterly crimes reported to the Los Angeles Police Department… read more here.
Keywords: injunctions crime; gang injunctions; los angeles; effect ... See more keywords
On Public Protest, Violence, and Street Gangs
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DOI: 10.1007/s12115-018-0242-1
Abstract: This article elaborates upon the authors’ 2017 op-ed, “To deal with Antifa, designate it a street gang,” published in The Wall Street Journal. Following recent calls to declare Antifa, a loosely-organized collective of anti-fascists, a… read more here.
Keywords: street; street gang; gang; protest violence ... See more keywords
Adolescent's views on youth gang involvement in a South African Township
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.12.010
Abstract: Youth gang involvement is a serious public health challenge and there is limited research with adolescents on their understandings of adolescent gang involvement, particularly in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). This paper reports on the key… read more here.
Keywords: gang; adolescent views; gang involvement; youth gang ... See more keywords
Methods and Findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System for Identifying Gang-Like Homicides, 2005-2008.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2017.03.001
Abstract: BACKGROUND The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) captures homicides that law enforcement or coroner/medical examiners deem as gang-related but the criteria used may vary across locations. Also, the existing gang-related variable likely underestimates the… read more here.
Keywords: like homicides; gang activity; gang; gang related ... See more keywords
Rivalries, reputation, retaliation, and repetition: Testing plausible mechanisms for the contagion of violence between street gangs using relational event models
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DOI: 10.1017/nws.2023.8
Abstract: The hypothesis that violence—especially gang violence—behaves like a contagious disease has grown in popularity in recent years. Scholars have long observed the tendency for violence to cluster in time and space, but little research has… read more here.
Keywords: violence; gang; event models; gang violence ... See more keywords
Juggalos - Whoop! Whoop! A Family or A Gang? A Participant-Observation Study on an FBI Defined ‘Hybrid’ Gang
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DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2019.1596533
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study examines the Juggalos and their controversial gang designation as defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Juggalos are devoted fans of the music group Insane Clown Posse, but law enforcement officials… read more here.
Keywords: gang participant; participant observation; study; hybrid gang ... See more keywords
Exploring intergenerational continuity in gang membership
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DOI: 10.1080/0735648x.2017.1337556
Abstract: Abstract Little is known regarding intergenerational continuity in gang membership. Qualitative literature is suggestive of intergenerational parallelism yet no known research examines the causal mechanisms associated with this cycle, if it even exists. Prospective, longitudinal… read more here.
Keywords: gang membership; continuity gang; gang; intergenerational continuity ... See more keywords
The “Lumpenproletariat’s Redemption”: Black Radical Potentiality and LA Gang Tours
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DOI: 10.1080/10999949.2017.1268518
Abstract: In 2010, a group of black and brown former gang members from South Los Angeles started a tour called LA Gang Tours, in which they give oral histories of their lives to an overwhelmingly white… read more here.
Keywords: redemption black; lumpenproletariat redemption; black radical; gang ... See more keywords
Risk factors associated with youth gang involvement: An exploratory criminological case study analysis
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DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2020.1821314
Abstract: This study explored risk factors for youth gang involvement in the South African setting. Participants were five youth male gang members (between 21 to 24 years) from Gauteng province, South Africa. We interviewed them on… read more here.
Keywords: gang involvement; youth gang; gang; risk factors ... See more keywords
Reflections on the utility of school-based surveys for gang research
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DOI: 10.1108/jacpr-12-2020-0567
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider the utility of school-based research for studying gangs and gang members. Police–researcher collaborations have led to considerable advancements in the understanding of gang involvement and its… read more here.
Keywords: gang; research; utility school; school based ... See more keywords