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Download full textHowell, James C. – Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 1998
This bulletin provides an overview of the problems that youth gangs pose. It pinpoints the differences between youth gangs and adult criminal organizations and examines the risk factors that lead to youth gang membership. Some promising strategies being used to curb youth gang involvement are reviewed. The proliferation of youth gangs since 1980…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Juvenile Gangs, Juvenile Justice, Peer Groups
Direct linkLopez, Edward M.; Wishard, Alison; Gallimore, Ronald; Rivera, Wendy – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2006
Controversies around definitions and perceptions of gangs are heightened by the scarcity of research on crews. In an open-ended interview, 77 Latino 10th graders from a random longitudinal sample provided information about gangs and crews. Although less than 10% reported having been in gangs or crews, 84% reported having personal contact with…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Grade 10, Student Attitudes, Juvenile Gangs
Cozic, Charles P., Ed. – 1996
Books in the Opposing Viewpoints Series present debates about current issues that can be used to teach critical reading and thinking skills. The variety of opinions expressed in this collection of articles and book excerpts explore many aspects of juvenile gangs. Some youths join gangs of their own free choice, to satisfy ego or greed. Others are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Critical Thinking
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 1994
The Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary convened to discuss the federal role in combating juvenile participation in gangs. A proposed amendment to the crime bill being developed, described at the hearing by Senator Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), makes it a federal offense to engage in gang-related crime and subjects…
Descriptors: Crime, Delinquency, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Thornberry, Terence P.; Burch, James H., II – Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 1997
Teams at several universities collaborated in studies of the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency program in three cities. This bulletin presents the findings from the Rochester (New York) Youth Development Study (RYDS) concerning the contributions of youth gang membership to delinquency. The RYDS started with a sample of 1,000 boys and girls in…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Intervention, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedCroddy, Marshall – Social Education, 1997
Provides a history of youthful offenders and society's efforts at rehabilitation and punishment. Traces the development of correctional institutions from their early days in England to the current efforts involving intervention and prevention. Includes photographs, historical and contemporary statistics, and tabular data. (MJP)
Descriptors: Crime, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Disadvantaged Environment
