The Validity of Police Gang Intelligence Lists: Examining Differences in Delinquency Between Documented Gang Members and Nondocumented Delinquent Youth

Police Quarterly

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 413-437

  Katz, Charles M ^a   Webb, Vincent J ^a   Schaefer, David R ^b  

^a Arizona State University West ^*

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

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EID: 84993710007     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109861110000300404     Document Type: Article

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