What Do We Know About Gangs and Gang Members and Where Do We Go From Here?

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 369-402

  Decker, Scott H ^a   Melde, Chris ^b   Pyrooz, David C ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gang members; gangs; group process; risk factors; structural correlates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879152876     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2012.732101     Document Type: Article

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