Gangs and Violence: Disentangling the Impact of Gang Membership on the Level and Nature of Offending

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-166

  Melde, Chris ^a   Esbensen, Finn Aage ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gangs; Item response theory; Specialization; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877619355     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-012-9164-z     Document Type: Article

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