The protective influence of gangs: Can schools compensate?

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-54

  Sharkey, Jill D ^a   Shekhtmeyster, Zhanna ^a   Chavez Lopez, Lizbeth ^a   Norris, Elizabeth ^a   Sass, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile gangs; Policymaking; Protective factors; Risk factors; School based intervention

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GANG; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LOVE; MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS; PEER GROUP; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SELF ACTUALIZATION; SELF CONTROL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 79951679697     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2010.11.001     Document Type: Review

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