Pyrooz, D., Fox, A., Katz, C.M., & Decker, S. (2012). “Gang organization, offending and victimization: A cross national analysis.” Pp. 85-105 in Youth Gangs in International Perspective, edited by Finn Esbensen and Cheryl Maxson. NY: Springer.
Abstract:
This study extends the modest literature on gangs, organizational structure, and criminological outcomes. Using data gathered from three research projects—a juvenile arrestee sample from Arizona (ADAM), an urban school sample in Trinidad and Tobago (TTYS), and a multisite school sample in the USA. (GREAT)—this study examines the association between gang organizational structure and delinquency and victimization. The similar nature of the survey items permits an assessment of the aggregated construct and disaggregated indicators of gang organization. The key advantage in this study is that gang organizational structure can be examined comparatively across the three data sources that differ demographically and culturally, which is central to the objectives of the Eurogang research program (Klein 2005 ; Weerman et al. 2009 ) . If gang organizational structure “matters” for explaining offending and victimization patterns of gang members, it should across all three research contexts.
Year: 2012
Language: English
Type: Book chapter