Gangs and Gang Violence 
.... This paper will review and critique five
studies on gangs and
gang violence in light of the question: What causes a teenager or child to join a
gang. ....
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Youth Gang Membership
.... contribute to
gang participation. The
studies posed
gang-membership questions in a variety of ways. Wang (1994) gave classes of ....
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Female Gang Activity in Georgia
.... In summary, the problem is that while research
studies indicate the possibility that female
gang membership is increasing,
studies regarding this phenomenon ....
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Gang Activity in LA County
.... Prior
studies of
gang related criminal activity have emphasized the measurement of variables directly related to the components of specific programs or ....
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Research Proposal on LA Gang Related Crime
.... Prior
studies of
gang related criminal activity have emphasized the measurment of variables directly related to the components of specific programs or proposed ....
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Interrelationship Between Family & Joining a Gang
.... to the literature on the interrelationship between street
gang membership and .... 504 520) conducted
studies of the effects on adolescents of dysfunctional family ....
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Gang Membership
.... homogenous areas while still amidst heavy
gang populations. Thus, to understand the relationship between delinquency and gangs required new
studies that can ....
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Gangs and Gang Delinquency Introduction Gangs
.... There have been no recent
studies to date that examined the family characteristic differences between
gang and non-
gang juveniles. ....
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Juvenile Gang Membership Ronald Akers' social lea
.... The
studies described above also reveal that juveniles rationalize their associations in .... become these juveniles society and their behaviors in the
gang are in ....
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School Violence
.... In that vein, it was observed by a sociological study mounted in the late 1970s that territoriality is a "truism in most
gang studies. . . . ....
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Violence and Gangs
.... This suggests that
gang entry may be a further developmental step for some boys who .... on violence among adolescents (ages 11 to 19 in most
studies) points out ....
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Prevention and Gang-Related Crime
.... The purpose of the present study is to draw upon previously published
studies focused on youth
gang violence prevention and intervention strategies to assess ....
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Street Gang Membership INTRODUCTION A variety of reasons un
.... a major part of the social deterioration in which
gang activity thrives. .... 504 520) conducted
studies of the effects on adolescents of dysfunctional family ....
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Mission Statement for a Scholarship Fund
.... The role of self-esteem and
gang membership was investigated by Wang (1994). Earlier
studies had shown the link between ethnicity and self-esteem and the link ....
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Gang Membership & Dysfunctional Families
.... performance is a strong predictor of delinquency" (Edwards 6). In
studies conducted on .... to commit antisocial and criminal acts as a result of
gang membership? ....
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The Issue of Youth Violence
.... In contrast to the common characterization of
gang-generated crime, however, self-report
studies often reveal that youth crime is a personal, independent ....
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SCHOOL VIOLENCE and Some Causes
.... to students and therefore discourage them from participating in
gang behavior (Stephens .... Other
studies show that school administrators can now select from the ....
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Fighting Gangs: Different Strategies
.... Arfaniarromo references
studies showing that
gang members perceive delinquent behavior, or "deviant achievement orientation," as desirable, mainly on account ....
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Urban youth gangs
....
Studies show the average
gang age to be 16.8 years; ages 12 to 14 are considered to be the best target for recruitment into gangs. ....
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Minority Working Class Youth Subcultures
.... Brake writes that the black youth in the cultures he
studies are faced with structural .... in gangs, if seen as a threat or potential threat to the
gang as an ....
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The Globalization of Gangs
.... DC "Beyond Social Reproduction: Bringing Resistance Back in
Gang Theory." Theoretical .... Street Gangs: The New Urban Insurgency." Strategic
Studies Institute of ....
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Types of Punishments for Criminals
.... and of
gang activity, and this was found to be the case. The data supports observations while doing so without relying on observational
studies or police data ....
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Criminology: Theories of Juvenile Delinquency
.... San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary
Studies. Hixon, A. (April 15, 1999). "Preventing Street
Gang Violence." American Family Physician, 2121. ....
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The Criminal Mind
.... Other
studies point to the significance of peer pressure and
gang activity as a motive to commit arson among adolescents. Others ....
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Arson & Pyromania
.... Other
studies point to the significance of peer pressure and
gang activity as a motive to commit arson among adolescents. Others ....
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School Dress Codes
.... There are no hard and fast
studies which prove without a doubt that .... reduce discipline problems, reduce truancy, reduce school violence and
gang activity and ....
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Street Gangs & Juvenile Corrections System
.... even more respect.
Studies have shown a continuity among drug life, prisons, and the barrio
gang. Some young people encountering ....
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Arson Profile
.... Other
studies point to the significance of peer pressures and
gang activity as a motivation to commit arson among many adolescents, while others point to drug ....
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Alphonse ("Scarface") Capone
.... Based on
studies done on the social characteristics of
gang members by Cloward (1983), the age of most male youth
gang members (90 percent) approximates that ....
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Juvenile Delinquency in Canada in Post WWII Period
.... For such individuals, the effects of street
gang participation lingers into later life, as .... Most of the theoretical
studies devoted to the discovery of ways to ....
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