Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective

Name: Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective
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ISBN: 9780521814393

ISBN-10: 0521814391

ISBN-13: 9780521814393

Edition: 2003

Authors: Terence P. Thornberry, Marvin D. Krohn, Alan J. Lizotte, Carolyn A. Smith, Kimberly Tobin

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Gang membership has long been understood to have a disruptive influence on adolescent development and to contribute disproportionately to the rate of delinquent crime. The nature of the impact, and the long-term effects on individuals, have not been well understood. This book uses longitudinal data to examine the developmental consequences of gang membership, and its longer term influence on the life course. This longitudinal approach is made possible by data from a study of antisocial behavior, The Rochester Youth Development Study, which followed one thousand adolescents through their early adult years. The subjects include delinquents who were gang members and others who were not,…

Book details

List price: $100.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/13/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 262
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.29" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English




A life-course orientation to the study of gang membership



Research procedures: the sample and the data



Characteristics of gang members



The antecedents of gang membership



The origins of gang membership



Gangs as a facilitating context for delinquent behavior



Gangs, guns, and crime



Gangs and other law violating youth groups



Long-term consequences of gang membership



Gangs in life-course perspective