Identifying risks for male street gang affiliation: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

C Raby, F Jones - The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Gang violence has increased in recent years. Individuals appear to be joining gangs at
younger ages, and many have suffered historic maltreatment. Subsequent exposure to …

Taking stock of the relationship between gang membership and offending: A meta-analysis

DC Pyrooz, JJ Turanovic… - Criminal Justice and …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This study takes stock of empirical research examining the relationship between gang
membership and offending by subjecting this large body of work to a meta-analysis …

[图书][B] Competing for control: Gangs and the social order of prisons

DC Pyrooz, SH Decker - 2019 - books.google.com
" Certainly, prisons are dangerous places that impact the communities as well as the lives of
inmates and those who work there. Over the last several years, prison gangs have made …

Motives and methods for leaving the gang: Understanding the process of gang desistance

DC Pyrooz, SH Decker - Journal of Criminal Justice, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: This study examined the process of leaving the gang. Gang membership was
conceptualized in a life course framework and the motives for why and methods for how one …

Disengagement from gangs as role transitions

SH Decker, DC Pyrooz… - Journal of Research on …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Most research has focused on the onset and consequences of gang membership,
neglecting the importance of leaving the gang. Disengagement from gangs often occurs …

The contribution of gang membership to the victim–offender overlap

DC Pyrooz, RK Moule Jr… - Journal of Research in …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Although a vast literature has investigated the consequences of gang
membership for offending and victimization, little is known about the contribution of gang …

A cross-national comparison of gangs in the United States and Trinidad and Tobago

CM Katz, ER Maguire, D Choate - … Criminal Justice Review, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
This study compares the scope and nature of the gang problem in two communities: one in
the United States and one in Trinidad and Tobago, a small-island developing state in the …

Validating self-nomination in gang research: Assessing differences in gang embeddedness across non-, current, and former gang members

SH Decker, DC Pyrooz, G Sweeten… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2014 - Springer
Objective The study of gang members is closely linked to the self-nomination method. It is
timely to revisit the criterion validity of self-nomination, as recent theoretical and empirical …

Gang set space, drug markets, and crime around drug corners in Camden

TA Taniguchi, JH Ratcliffe… - Journal of research in …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Gang set space is defined as ''the actual area within the neighborhood where gang
members come together as a gang''(Tita, Cohen, and Engberg 2005: 280). The current …

Parenthood as a turning point in the life course for male and female gang members: a study of within‐individual changes in gang membership and criminal behavior

DC Pyrooz, JM Mcgloin, SH Decker - Criminology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of parenthood on leaving a street gang is not well understood. This is likely
because researchers in prior studies have not accounted for multiple dimensions of gang …