Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective

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.

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.

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 York Thornberry, Thornberry Terence P., Kimberly (Westfield State College Tobin, Kimberly (Westfield State College) Tobin, Tobin Kimberly
• Verlag: Cambridge Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 23.12.2002
• EAN: 9780521891295
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89129-5
• Abmessung: 153 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Gewicht: 364 g
• Illustration: 20 b/w illus. 55 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Criminology; 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