Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780521814393
Subjects: Juvenile offenders; Psychology; Gangs; New York (State); Social Science; Sociology; Longitudinal studies; General; Criminology; Social Science / Criminology; Rochester; Gang members; Juvenile delinquency
First sentence: SINCE THE EARLIEST DAYS of gang research, such as the classic study of 1,313 gangs in Chicago conducted by Thrasher (1927), scholars have noted the disproportionate contribution that gang members make to the level of crime in society.