Objective Motivated by the reorientation of gang membership into a life-course framework
and concerns about distinct populations of juvenile and adult gang members, this study …

Objective: Although a vast literature has investigated the consequences of gang
membership for offending and victimization, little is known about the contribution of gang …

The mid-twentieth century witnessed a surge of American prison ethnographies focused on
inmate society and the social structures that guide inmate life. Ironically, this literature …

The link between education and crime is a topic that requires special attention with respect
to the converging influence of individual, social, and environmental factors. This article will …

The distinct setting in which cyber-dependent crime takes place may reduce the similarity in
the deviance of social network members. We test this assumption by analysing the deviance …

Objectives The current study seeks to explain changes in support for violent extremism
during the transition to early adulthood. This period during the life course could increase …

Objective Our interest is in the systematic network selection processes that lead adolescents
into friendships with substance-using peers. Theory suggests that adolescents with certain …

Existing research has shown that the quality of the relationship between teacher and child is
associated with more positive perceptions of school authorities. There has been relatively …

This study uses National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) data to
explore the co-evolution of friendship networks and delinquent behaviors. Using a stochastic …

Race/ethnicity and the structure of an adolescent's social network are both important factors
in the etiology of delinquent behavior. Yet, much of the minority-group delinquency literature …