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Goodrum, Nada M.; Chan, Wing Yi; Latzman, Robert D. – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2015
Immigrant and refugee youth are at elevated risk for joining gangs, which, in turn, is associated with a host of maladaptive outcomes. Previous literature on risk and protective factors for immigrant and refugee youth gang involvement has been inconclusive. Applying a developmental ecological systems approach, this study investigated contextual…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, Immigrants, Refugees, At Risk Persons
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Taylor, Terrance J.; Freng, Adrienne; Esbensen, Finn-Aage; Peterson, Dana – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
Youth gangs have received substantial scholarly and public attention during the past two decades. Although most of the extant research on youth gang members has focused on their offending behaviors, recent studies have examined the victimization of youth gang members relative to their non-gang peers. Gang members generally have been found to be at…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, Victims of Crime, Violence, Delinquency