Public Perceptions of Youth Gang Crime: An Exploratory Analysis.

Pryor, Douglas W.; McGarrell, Edmund F.

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ERIC Number: EJ464922

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Public Perceptions of Youth Gang Crime: An Exploratory Analysis.

Pryor, Douglas W.; McGarrell, Edmund F.

Youth and Society, v24 n4 p399-418 Jun 1993

Reports results of a survey administered to the general public in a large midwestern city on public perceptions of youth gang crime. The 306 residents (aged 14 years and over) of Indianapolis (Indiana) surveyed generally feel that youth gang crime is more serious in areas other than their own. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth, Juvenile Gangs, Majority Attitudes, Neighborhoods, Place of Residence, Public Opinion, Social Attitudes, Social Problems, Telephone Surveys, Urban Problems, Urban Youth, Violence, Youth Problems

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Indiana (Indianapolis)

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