Gang membership as a risk factor for adolescent violent victimization

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-380

  Taylor, Terrance J ^a   Peterson, Dana ^b   Esbensen, Finn Aage ^a   Freng, Adrienne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Victimization; Violence; Youth gangs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848884482     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427807305845     Document Type: Article

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