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Peer reviewedWinfree, L. Thomas, Jr.; And Others – Youth & Society, 1994
Examines the utility of applying selected elements of the social-learning theory to the examination of youth gangs. Studying ninth-grade public-school pupils, researchers discovered that the social-learning perspective provided insights into gang membership. Group-context offending was related to both social-learning theory and gang membership.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Delinquency, Ethnic Groups
