The Contribution of Gang Membership to the Victim-Offender Overlap

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 315-348

  Pyrooz, David C ^a   Moule Jr , Richard K ^b   Decker, Scott H ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gang membership; offending; overlap; victimization; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898685631     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427813516128     Document Type: Article

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