Understanding Vietnamese youth gangs in America: An ecological systems analysis

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-260

  Hong, Jun Sung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Delinquency; Gang; Migration; Vietnamese Americans; Youth

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; GANG; HISTORY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LIFESTYLE; MIGRATION; PEER PRESSURE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VIETNAMESE AMERICAN;

EID: 77953285161     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2010.01.003     Document Type: Review

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