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Title Gangs and delinquency in developmental perspective / Terence P. Thornberry [and others].

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 238 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge studies in criminology
Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables and Figures; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE A Life-Course Orientation to the Study of Gang Membership; CHAPTER TWO Research Procedures: The Sample and the Data; CHAPTER THREE Characteristics of Gang Members; CHAPTER FOUR The Antecedents of Gang Membership; CHAPTER FIVE The Origins of Gang Membership; CHAPTER SIX Gangs as a Facilitating Context for Delinquent Behavior; CHAPTER SEVEN Gangs, Guns, and Crime; CHAPTER EIGHT Gangs and Other Law-Violating Youth Groups.
Summary This book examines how membership in adolescent street gangs influences human development. The authors examine the origins of gang membership and the social and psychological factors that lead some youths to join a gang. They show that gang membership increases the chances of developmental problems.
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Subject Gangs -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- Longitudinal studies.
Gangs.
New York (State) -- Rochester.
Genre/Form Longitudinal studies.
Subject Gang members -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- Psychology -- Longitudinal studies.
Gang members.
Psychology.
Juvenile delinquency -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- Longitudinal studies.
Juvenile delinquency.
Adolescent psychology -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- Longitudinal studies.
Adolescent psychology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- Longitudinal studies.
Added Author Thornberry, Terence P.
Other Form: Print version: Gangs and delinquency in developmental perspective. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521814391 0521891299 (DLC) 2002066520 (OCoLC)49531163
ISBN 0511078226 (electronic book)
9780511078224 (electronic book)
0511076657 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
9780511076657 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
9780511499517 (ebook)
0511499515 (ebook)
9780521814393 (hardback)
0521814391 (hardback)
0521814391 (Cloth)
0521891299 (paperback)

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