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U.S. Juvenile Arrests: Gang Membership, Social Class, and Labeling Effects
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Tapia, Mike – Youth & Society, 2011
This study addresses the link between gang membership and arrest frequency, exploring the Gang x Socioeconomic status interaction on those arrests. Notoriously poor, delinquent, and often well-known to police, America's gang youth should have very high odds of arrest. Yet it is unclear whether mere membership in a gang increases the risk of arrest…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Social Class, Delinquency, Interaction