Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective

Klappentext Gang membership has long been understood to have a disruptive influence on adolescent development and to contribute disproportionately to the rate of delinquent crime. The nature of the impact, and the long-term effects on individuals, have not been well understood. This book uses longitudinal data to examine the developmental consequences of gang membership, and its longer term influence on the life course. This longitudinal approach is made possible by data from a study of antisocial behavior, The Rochester Youth Development Study, which followed one thousand adolescents through their early adult years. The subjects include delinquents who were gang members and others who were not, allowing the authors to compare motives, patterns of behavior, and recurring problems with caregivers and the law, education, peer relations, and career paths. The findings indicate that multiple developmental deficits lead to gang membership and that membership leads to an increase in delinquency. Zusammenfassung This book examines how membership in adolescent street gangs influences human development. The authors examine the origins of gang membership and the social and psychological factors that lead some youths to join a gang. They show that gang membership increases the chances of developmental problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A life-course orientation to the study of gang membership; 2. Research procedures: the sample and the data; 3. Characteristics of gang members; 4. The antecedents of gang membership; 5. The origins of gang membership; 6. Gangs as a facilitating context for delinquent behavior; 7. Gangs, guns, and crime; 8. Gangs and other law violating youth groups; 9. Long-term consequences of gang membership; 10. Gangs in life-course perspective.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Marvin D. Krohn, Marvin D. (State University of New York Krohn, Krohn Marvin D., Alan D. Lizotte, Alan J. Lizotte, Alan J. (State University of New York Lizotte, Lizotte Alan J., Carolyn A. (State University of New York Smith, Smith Carolyn A., Terence P. Thornberry, Terence P. (State University of New Yo Thornberry, Terence P. (State University of New York Thornberry, Terence P. Krohn Thornberry, Thornberry Terence P., Kimberly (Westfield State College Tobin, Tobin Kimberly
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 13.01.2003
• EAN: 9780521814393
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81439-3
• Seiten: 262
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Criminolo; Cambridge Studies in Criminology; Cambridge Studies in Criminolo
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht, Kriminologie; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Juvenile offenders