Gang affiliation and negative perceptions about authority, law enforcement, and laws: Is gang affiliation a precursor to becoming a threat to homeland security and terrorism?

Journal of Gang Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 65-76

  Kakar, Suman ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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