The primacy of decision-action as an influence strategy of violent gang leaders

Small Group Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-207

  Porter, Louise E ^a   Alison, Laurence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gang rape; Leadership; Participation; POSAC

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244395817     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496404272795     Document Type: Article

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