Youth Gang Membership 
.... understanding the dynamics of mainstream and marginal cultures can inform intervention and prevention strategies for discouraging
gang membership among
youth. ....
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The youth gang problem in Southern California
The
youth gang problem in Southern California has reached epidemic proportions, and it calls for immediate action. Solving California's ....
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Youth gang problem in California
The
youth gang problem in California has reached epidemic proportions, and it calls for immediate action.
Gang members are increasingly ....
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BEHAVIOR OF STREET GANGS
.... Guns have become the great equalizer among street
gang youth, these weapons encouraging more conflicts to terminate in death rather than physical injury. ....
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Youth Gangs in Detroit
.... Although both
gang types have roots going back many years, today's
youth gangs have reached a new all-time high for deadliness" (p. 12). ....
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Urban youth gangs
.... some of the needs of the
youth are not being met by family, school, religious organizations, police, or other community institutions; the
gang functions to ....
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Gang Violence: Social Conflict Theory
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Youth gang violence in the 1980s and 1990s reached epidemic rates and cities began to enforce policies to deal with gun crime. Some ....
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Dress and American Youth
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youth of America is perhaps the most imitative class of all because they are at an age when they feel a strong need to belong.
Gang styles have become ....
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Gangs and Gang Delinquency Introduction Gangs
.... Spergel, 1986).
Youth-serving agencies tend to focus treatment interventions on younger or peripheral
gang youth (Spergel, 1986). ....
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Gang Violence
In 1995, the National
Youth Gang Center conducted the first ever nationwide survey of
gang activity. Conducted under the direction ....
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Minority Working Class Youth Subcultures
.... and psychological forces which lead to the creation of the
gang in the first place. The structures of society discriminate against
youth, especially against ....
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Youth Gangs in American Society
.... create a
gang culture but that are here blamed for it just the same, from the news media for writing about the Watts riots and making black
youth seem criminal ....
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Prevention and Gang-Related Crime
.... One theory focused on the causes of crime in general and
youth gang violence in particular asserts that social and physical disorder in urban neighborhoods, if ....
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Youth and Gangs
.... Such factors contribute to lack of
youth development, high drop-out and suicide rates, high levels of
gang membership and crime, and pervasive drug use among ....
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Gang Prevention
The
gang prevention workshop is designed to assist
youth in understanding the many issues involved in avoiding this type of peer support. ....
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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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Female Gang Activity in Georgia
.... reported national estimates of 28,700
youth gangs and 780,200
gang members in the United States (according to latest estimates of the National
Youth Gang Survey ....
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Youth Drug Use & Prevention
.... Although most youthful
gang members spend much of their time engaged in .... Lounsbury (1996) cites six reasons that
youth join gangs: identity, bonding, competence ....
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Gangs: Why People Join Them and the Typical Gang Member
.... Egley and Arjunan (2002) report that the National
Youth Gang Survey if 2000 revealed that there are several reasons why young people join gangs. ....
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Gang Activity in LA County
.... Barber, Mary B. (1993, June). Lack of school safety related to
youth gang activity on campus. California Journal, 24(6), 27 30. Barlow, HD (1991). ....
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Homelessness Among Youth Review of Literature This second ch
.... Hustler
youth were significantly older than all of the other groups with a mean age of 19.2 years while
gang associated/affiliated
youth were the youngest with ....
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Research Proposal on LA Gang Related Crime
.... Barber, Mary B. (1993, June). Lack of school safety related to
youth gang activity on campus. California Journal, 24(6), 27 30. Barlow, HD (1991). ....
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An Investigation of Youth Violence & Other Criminal Behaviors
.... 242. Barber, MB "Lack of School Safety Related to
Youth Gang Activity on Campus." California Journal 24 (June 1993): 27-30. Benson ....
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Gang Risk Factors
.... or two particular pieces of clothing or colors; (3) interest in
gang-influenced music .... drug and alcohol use; (7) the presence of weapons in the
youth's room; (8 ....
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African American Youth Violence
.... Until 1992, African-American clergy tended to follow independent paths, but rivers established outreach programs for
gang members and community
youth. ....
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Issue of Youth Curfews
In the early 1990s, many American cities used
youth curfews to combat juvenile crime .... of problem, as when cities use curfews to address a local
gang problem or ....
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Youth Group for Low-Income Children Introduction The purp
.... been directly assessed, Papalia and Olds (1992) have stated that for young people, participation in any organization, be it a
gang or a
youth group, involves a ....
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Gang Membership & Dysfunctional Families
.... M. "
Gang Members: No Set Profile Applies." Bradenton Herald. Nov. 8, 1998: 1-3. Peterson, J. "Top Priority: Reaching Out To Fatherless
Youth." Headway. Oct. ....
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Public Policy on Youth Gun Violence
.... However, Howell (2003) asserts that it is important to recognize that most violent crimes involving guns that are committed by
youth gang members and other ....
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CRIMINAL YOUTH VIOLENCE
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Youth crime, particularly violent behavior, also is increasingly being characterized by
gang-related activity (Harrison, 1992, pp. 203-245). ....
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