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Peer reviewedHenderson, Eric; Kunitz, Stephen J.; Levy, Jerrold E. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1999
Extended interviews with 50 Navajo men, aged 21 to 45, provided information on peer relationships and gang formation among male Navajo youth in the 1960s through the 1980s. Results suggest that gangs are an extreme example of traditional hell-raising among young Navajo men and that most gang members "age out" of their gangs. Suggestions for gang…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Juvenile Gangs, Kinship, Males
Peer reviewedBelitz, Jerald; Valdez, Diana – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1994
Critical factors in the behavior of Chicano gang youth are family disintegration, cultural dissolution, abusive family relationships, and histories of interpersonal violence. Specific treatment modalities (individual, family, group) are discussed, and the importance of a multimodal approach is emphasized. Case studies highlight family dynamics and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Child Abuse, Delinquency
Peer reviewedTolan, Patrick H.; Gorman-Smith, Deborah; Henry, David B. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Tested a developmental-ecological model of violence using longitudinal data from poor, urban African American and Latino adolescent boys and caregivers. Found that community structural characteristics significantly predicted neighborhood social processes. Parenting practices partially mediated relationship between neighborhood social processes and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Black Youth, Hispanic American Students
