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Cooke, Gwendolyn; McEvoy, Alan – School Intervention Report, 1997
Three mothers whose children were connected to Dallas (Texas) gangs told their stories at the Fourth Joint National Conference on Gangs, Schools, and Community. It is said that gang members come from dysfunctional families, usually from homes where fathers are not present or involved in children's upbringing. In spite of a great deal of research…
Descriptors: Crime, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth, Hispanic Americans