A cross-national comparison of gangs in the united states and trinidad and tobago

International Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-262

  Katz, Charles M ^a   Maguire, Edward R ^b   Choate, David ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; gangs; United States; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053968029     PISSN: 10575677     EISSN: 15563855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1057567711417179     Document Type: Article

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