The Ties That Bind: Desistance From Gangs

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 491-516

  Pyrooz, David C ^a   Decker, Scott H ^a   Webb, Vincent J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

desistance; gang membership; gang programming; gang ties; life course processes; reentry; victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899807342     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128710372191     Document Type: Article

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