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Alsaybar, Bangele D. – Amerasia Journal, 1999
Explores the ways in which ethnicity is constructed by Filipino-American youths and examines the role played by generation in the formation of youth groups and identity construction within them. Findings from field observation and interviews with 20 Filipino-American males show changing gang roles from the 1960s through the present. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ethnicity, Filipino Americans, Juvenile Gangs
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Perrone, Paul A.; Chesney-Lind, Meda – Social Justice, 1997
Studied the coverage of juvenile crime in the Hawaiian press. Analyses of a master list of 649 newspaper articles for a 10-year period show a wide disparity between the output of articles and actual youth crime trends. The media also tended to focus on gang activity in its coverage of youth crime. (SLD)
Descriptors: Delinquency, Juvenile Gangs, Mass Media Effects, News Reporting
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Zinzun, Michael – Social Justice, 1997
Uses an interview format with Michael Zinzun to discuss the work of the Coalition against Police Abuse, organized in Los Angeles (California), to come up with solutions to police abuse. The Coalition was instrumental in forging a truce between two large gangs in southern California, and this effort, and efforts to broaden the truce into a movement…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency Prevention, Juvenile Gangs, Law Enforcement
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Montgomery, Michael – Reclaiming Children and Youth: Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1997
Reports on interventions with gangs of youth in Northern Ireland beyond the control of authorities. Recounts how physical abuse or banishment have proven ineffective in curtailing delinquency and offers a case study to exemplify this point. Details the powerlessness of punishment, advocating high expectations and communication over coercion. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Discipline, Foreign Countries
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Turner, William L.; Ruble, Nikki M. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 2000
Looks at the organization of street gangs and suggests that some of the same concepts used to describe family systems may be applied to them. States that the complex organization of gangs forms a web of interconnectedness, and that in order to provide effective intervention plans, gangs must be viewed from a systematic and holistic perspective.…
Descriptors: Family Counseling, Family Structure, Holistic Approach, Intervention
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Parkes, Jenny – Journal of Youth Studies, 2007
This paper examines how young people living in a violent neighbourhood construct understandings about danger, violence and safety. Reporting findings from a qualitative study that investigated these issues with 8-14 year olds in a South African neighbourhood, the paper identifies how young people attempted to stay safe through reliance on adult…
Descriptors: Safety, Young Adults, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Ngo, Bic; Lee, Stacey J. – Review of Educational Research, 2007
Similar to other Asian American students, Southeast Asian American students are often stereotyped by the popular press as hardworking and high-achieving model minorities. On the other hand, Southeast Asian American youth are also depicted as low-achieving high school dropouts involved in gangs. The realities of academic performance and persistence…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Academic Achievement, Educational Experience, Asian American Students
Duncan, Janice E. Lewis – 1995
This paper presents findings of a study that examined students' and school personnel's perceptions of gang activity, violence, and safety in the high schools of the Hinds County Public School District in Mississippi. The perceptions were measured against the student variables of grade level, age, gender, and race, and the school personnel…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Juvenile Gangs, School Personnel
McLaughlin, Frank – Media and Methods, 1974
An essay-review of the movie, "The Education of Sonny Carson." (JH)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Bias, Black Community, Delinquency
Durell, Ann – Elementary English, 1974
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Books, Childrens Literature
Major, Aline K.; Egley, Arlen, Jr. – 2002
In 2001, the National Youth Gang Center conducted a survey of youth gangs in Indian country. Three hundred of the 577 federally recognized tribal communities responded to the survey. Twenty-three percent of Indian communities reported active youth gangs during 2000. The extent of the gang problem varied considerably among communities, with many…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alaska Natives, Community Problems, Community Surveys
Reed, Winifred L., Ed.; Decker, Scott H., Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers presents a representative selection of the National Institute of Justice's portfolio of gang-related research. The 10 papers are: (1) "A Decade of Gang Research: Findings of the National Institute of Justice Gang Portfolio" (Scott H. Decker); (2) "The Evolution of Street Gangs: An Examination of Form and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Data Collection, Females, Homicide
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Butts, Jeffrey A.; Snyder, Howard N. – School Intervention Report, 1997
This report presents findings of a study that explored issues related to juvenile delinquency by examined the most recent data on juvenile arrests and the delinquency cases processed by U.S. juvenile courts. The study compared the characteristics of young offenders arrested in recent years with those arrested in 1980 and analyzed the responses of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Delinquency, Early Intervention
Institute for Intergovernmental Research, Tallahassee, FL. National Youth Gang Center. – 1999
The largest and most comprehensive national gang survey to date, the 1997 National Youth Gang Survey, contacted nearly 5,000 law enforcement agencies across the country. To allow for both comparative and trend analysis, the 1997 survey used the same sample as the 1996 survey. Survey results indicate that the percentage of jurisdictions reporting…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Crime, Incidence, Juvenile Gangs
Institute for Intergovernmental Research, Tallahassee, FL. National Youth Gang Center. – 2000
This summary provides results from the 1998 National Youth Gang Survey, administered to a representative sample of city and county police and sheriff's departments nationwide. Results indicate that the percentage of jurisdictions reporting active youth gangs decreased from 51 percent in 1997 to 48 percent in 1998. About 780,200 gang members were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Delinquency, Guns
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