Add to ORKGThere is a need to recognise that gangs are a form of community with accompanying norms, values, processes and practices internal to those communities. Any behaviour change efforts with members of these groups would benefit from being “gang-informed”. However, a workable theory of gangs that informs about function, susceptibility to join, structure (and variations), processes of entry and exit, and outcome issues has yet to developed beyond general theories of crime and desistance. Strategic interventions that are informed by gang cultures – in addition to theories of crime and desistance – are suggested as a constructive area of further research
The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for understanding the growth in youth gangs and ...
Recent years have seen an upsurge of attention paid to street gangs as scholars and criminal justice...
This article, based on research conducted in Glasgow, Scotland, analyses the complex process of desi...
There is a need to recognise that gangs are a form of community with accompanying norms, values, pro...
This thesis explores moral disengagement and the proposed concept of discriminant moral disengagemen...
Researchers have examined aspects of gangs and their members for almost a century. This work, howeve...
In spite of criminal justice efforts to deter gang membership, gangs appear to be flourishing. This ...
In introducing this Special Issue on gangs, we overview the thrust of its papers, demonstrating how ...
Gang membership is considered to be a criminogenic factor that negatively impacts an individual’s ab...
The presence of gangs poses a significant social problem due to their prevalence and the disproporti...
Gangs are associated with a range of social, criminal, and economic harms. Yet, after almost a centu...
Objectives. Drawing from social network and life-course frameworks, the authors extend Hagan's conce...
Drawing from a mixed-methods approach, the current dissertation examines the sequential process of g...
This article provides a critique of social profi ling in relation to ethnically identifi ed youth ga...
Drugs play a pivotal role in the functioning of gangs, motivating deviant behaviour and meeting memb...
The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for understanding the growth in youth gangs and ...
Recent years have seen an upsurge of attention paid to street gangs as scholars and criminal justice...
This article, based on research conducted in Glasgow, Scotland, analyses the complex process of desi...
There is a need to recognise that gangs are a form of community with accompanying norms, values, pro...
This thesis explores moral disengagement and the proposed concept of discriminant moral disengagemen...
Researchers have examined aspects of gangs and their members for almost a century. This work, howeve...
In spite of criminal justice efforts to deter gang membership, gangs appear to be flourishing. This ...
In introducing this Special Issue on gangs, we overview the thrust of its papers, demonstrating how ...
Gang membership is considered to be a criminogenic factor that negatively impacts an individual’s ab...
The presence of gangs poses a significant social problem due to their prevalence and the disproporti...
Gangs are associated with a range of social, criminal, and economic harms. Yet, after almost a centu...
Objectives. Drawing from social network and life-course frameworks, the authors extend Hagan's conce...
Drawing from a mixed-methods approach, the current dissertation examines the sequential process of g...
This article provides a critique of social profi ling in relation to ethnically identifi ed youth ga...
Drugs play a pivotal role in the functioning of gangs, motivating deviant behaviour and meeting memb...
The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for understanding the growth in youth gangs and ...
Recent years have seen an upsurge of attention paid to street gangs as scholars and criminal justice...
This article, based on research conducted in Glasgow, Scotland, analyses the complex process of desi...