Gang involvement and delinquency in a middle school population

被引:81
作者
Curry, GD [1 ]
Decker, SH
Egley, A
机构
[1] Univ Missouri, St Louis, MO 63121 USA
[2] Natl Youth Gang Ctr, Inst Intergovt Res, Tallahassee, FL USA
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10.1080/07418820200095241
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DF [法律]; D9 [法律];
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0301 ;
摘要
The relationship between self-reported gang involvement and self-reported delinquency has been confirmed in a number of studies. However, there have been fewer studies of the relationship between self-reported gang involvement and officially recorded delinquency. This article examines variation in self-reported gang involvement, operationalized as three distinct categories-no involvement, gang involvement but not membership, and gang membership-and its relation to both self-reported and officially recorded delinquency for a population of middle school youths.
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