Gang Membership as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Violent Victimization

Autor/inn/en	Taylor, Terrance J.; Peterson, Dana; Esbensen, Finn-Aage; Freng, Adrienne
Titel	Gang Membership as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Violent Victimization
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 44 (2007) 4, S.351-380 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4278
DOI	10.1177/0022427807305845
Schlagwörter	Juvenile Gangs; Risk; Victims of Crime; Group Membership; Violence; Correlation; Incidence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendbande; Risiko; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Gewalt; Korrelation; Vorkommen
Abstract	Youth gangs and violence have received substantial scholarly and public attention during the past two decades. While most of the extant research on youth gang members has focused on their offending behaviors, few quantitative studies have been conducted to examine the link between gang membership and violent victimization. The current study uses data from a multi-site study of youth to explore potential factors related to this increased risk. These findings suggest that gang members are more likely to experience violent victimization, as well as greater frequency of victimization, than do non-gang members. Furthermore, gang membership remains a significant correlate of the annual prevalence of victimization net other individual, family, peer, school, and situational factors. The relationship, however, is complex and dependent upon the type of victimization examined. (Contains 6 tables, 1 figure, and 14 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10