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Auyong, Zenta E. Gomez, Sven Smith, and Christopher J. Ferguson. "Girls in Gangs: Exploring Risk in a British Youth Context." Crime & Delinquency 64, no. 13 (2018): 1698–717. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128718763130.

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The existing literature on gangs has largely focused on boys from the United States. Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), this study investigated select individual, peer, and community risk factors that differentiate gang and nongang girls in the United Kingdom. We find that 48.3% of gang-involved youth were girls, and that gang girls commit more crime than nongang girls. Furthermore, girls who live in socially disorganized neighborhoods are more likely to be members of gangs. The current research suggests that focusing on girls’ community environments

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Quiroz, Tina. "Latino Youth, Gangs, and Community Activism: A Case of Advocacy Anthropology." Practicing Anthropology 20, no. 4 (1998): 11–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.20.4.h5635866rw2p7585.

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An important social problem in the United States is the involvement of youth in gangs. This issue has come to dominate social discourse in "Breverton," a city in the Pacific Northwest. Although Breverton has experienced isolated incidents of gang violence, the discussion of gangs has recently taken on an exaggerated local prominence.

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Carson, Dena C., and Finn-Aage Esbensen. "Gangs in School: Exploring the Experiences of Gang-Involved Youth." Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 17, no. 1 (2017): 3–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204017739678.

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This study explores three questions: (1) What are the criteria that current or formerly gang-involved youth use to identify the presence of gangs in school? (2) Do gang activities produce incivilities and victimizations within the school context? and (3) What is the impact of a gang presence on youth in the school, specifically with respect to the presence or absence of fear? We examine the influence of gangs in schools through qualitative analysis of 180 in-depth semistructured interviews. The sample includes youth with varying levels of gang involvement who attended schools across the United

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Klein, Malcolm W. "Gangs in the United States and Europe." European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 4, no. 2 (1996): 63–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02731602.

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Huff, C. Ronald. "Youth Gangs and Public Policy." Crime & Delinquency 35, no. 4 (1989): 524–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128789035004001.

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Recent studies have begun to document the changing organizational forms of youth gangs in the United States. The emergence/re-emergence of these gangs, often accompanied by increased violence and involvement in drug use and/or trafficking, poses major public policy issues. However, little empirical research has been conducted on this subject, and very few studies have been based on interviews with gang members as well as official data and the perspectives of public officials. This article summarizes the results and recommendations of a two-year study of youth gangs in Ohio, focusing primarily

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Kim, Dianna. "Book Review: Gangland: An Encyclopedia of Gang Life from Cradle to Grave." Reference & User Services Quarterly 59, no. 2 (2020): 140. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rusq.59.2.7291.

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The existence of gangs and the impact of gang-related criminal activity on communities in the United States has been an issue examined by criminologists and law enforcement officials for decades. While the focus of such inquiry has historically been centered on the harm caused by gangs, it is often overlooked that such groups also have been known to engage in pursuits resulting in social good. In Gangland: An Encyclopedia of Gang Life from Cradle to Grave, editor Laura L. Finley endeavors to demystify common gang misperceptions regarding this both intriguing and terrifying facet of the America

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Curry, G. David, Scott Cummings, and Daniel J. Monti. "Gangs: The Origins and Impact of Contemporary Youth Gangs in the United States." Contemporary Sociology 23, no. 4 (1994): 577. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2076414.

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McGarrell, Edmund F. "Gangs: The origin and impact of contemporary youth gangs in the United States." Journal of Criminal Justice 23, no. 4 (1995): 385–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(95)90033-0.

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Pływaczewski, Wiesław. "Achievements of the American Judiciary and Law Enforcement Agencies in Combatting Gangsterism (With Particular Emphasis on Motorcycle Gangs)." Internal Security 12, no. 2 (2020): 42–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.6697.

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The article deals with the issue of controlling gangsterism, with particular emphasis on motorcycle gangs. The author presents current motorcycle crime in the United States. The main part of the study contains the characteristics of the most important police services and other agencies involved in combatting gangs in the United States. The conclusions of the article include some recommendations with regard to the opportunities for the Polish law enforcement agencies to use international experience in fighting motorcycle crime.

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Goldman, Liran, Howard Giles, and Michael A. Hogg. "Going to extremes: Social identity and communication processes associated with gang membership." Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 17, no. 6 (2014): 813–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368430214524289.

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Gang violence, endemic to many communities in the United States and around the world is a very significant social problem. Given that the messages conveyed by, and the rivalries associated with, gang identities readily invoke constructs and processes familiar to the social psychological study of social identity, intergroup relations, and communication (Lauger, 2012), it is surprising that social psychologists have not advanced such an analysis of gangs. In attempt to fill this void and set a research agenda, this theoretical article examines the role social identity and identity-related commun

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