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Maxson, Cheryl L.; Matsuda, Kristy N.; Hennigan, Karen – Crime & Delinquency, 2011
This study investigates the effect of the threat of legal sanctions on intentions to commit three types of offenses with a representative sample of 744 officially adjudicated youth with varying histories of offenses and gang involvement. In a departure from previous research, the authors find small severity effects for property crimes that are not…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Delinquency, Punishment, Juvenile Justice
Maxson, Cheryl L. – 1998
Information from the National Survey on Gang Migration and other literature provides a look at the relationship between gang migration and proliferation. "Gang migration" refers to the movement of gang members from one city to another. Whether such movement has played a major role in the proliferation has been the focus of several studies,…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Juvenile Gangs, Juvenile Justice, Urban Youth