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Download full textHowell, James C.; Decker, Scott H. – 1999
This bulletin addresses questions about the interrelatedness of youth gangs, drugs, and violent crime, discussing whether drug trafficking is a main cause of violence in youth gangs or only a correlate, and noting whether there are other important sources of gang violence. Section 1 presents a historical overview of gang drug use and trafficking,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Drug Abuse, Guns
Institute for Intergovernmental Research, Tallahassee, FL. National Youth Gang Center. – 2000
This summary provides results from the 1998 National Youth Gang Survey, administered to a representative sample of city and county police and sheriff's departments nationwide. Results indicate that the percentage of jurisdictions reporting active youth gangs decreased from 51 percent in 1997 to 48 percent in 1998. About 780,200 gang members were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Delinquency, Guns
Peer reviewedBjerregaard, Beth – Youth & Society, 2002
Examined the relationship between various methods of operationalizing gang membership and delinquency. Surveys of inner city adolescents indicated that teens reporting membership in organized gangs were far more likely to believe their gangs possessed characteristics typically associated with traditional street gangs. Teens who considered…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Guns, High School Students
Daley, Christine E.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – 2000
The purpose of this study was to determine whether at-risk behaviors (e.g., substance abuse, gun ownership, sexual activity, and gang membership) are associated with violence attribution errors, as measured by Daley and Onwuegbuzie's (1995) Violence Attribution Survey, among 82 incarcerated male juvenile delinquents. Analysis revealed that the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Emotional Adjustment
Sheley, Joseph F.; Wright, James D. – 1993
This research summarizes the results of a study involving 835 inmates in six major correctional facilities within several states and 758 inner-city students from 10 high schools near the facilities, concerning the number and types of firearms juveniles possess as well as where, how, and why juveniles acquire and carry firearms. Research focused on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Data Collection, Delinquency
Peer reviewedUngerleider, Steven, Ed. – The Prevention Researcher, 1999
Volume 6 of" The Prevention Researcher" contains three 12-page issues and one supplement. Issue Number 1 focuses on gambling, and contains the following articles: (1) "Gambling in the Family: The Hidden Addiction" (D. A. Abbott); (2) "Adolescent Gambling and Substance Use: The View from Texas" (L. Wallisch); (3)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, American Indians, Blacks
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 1993
These transcripts feature statements and testimony from a Senate hearing on gun-related violence among school children. Opening statements by judiciary committee members Joseph R. Biden, Paul Simon, Herbert Kohl, Strom Thurmond, and John H. Chaffee offer statistics and anecdotes about the increasing presence of guns on school campuses, the…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Child Health, Children
