Effective and ethical psychological practice relies on good science, and good science takes
theory construction very seriously, as seriously as data collection. There is little point in …

Theories of crime are based in an underlying understanding of human functioning. In this
paper we argue that current theories of correctional rehabilitation imply a model of …

With attention rapidly growing on the Good Lives Model (GLM) as a rehabilitation framework
for offending behavior, this paper is the first to review the literature surrounding the GLM and …

In recent years, epistemic pluralism has received considerable endorsement as an
approach to constructing scientific explanations and pursuing empirical research programs …

Despite the growing social alarm generated by the recurrent news concerning violent
episodes involving youth gangs, systematic research in Italy in this field, especially within a …

The extensive impact of gang-related harms on communities has led to a broad range of
stakeholders investing in attempts to respond to gangs. Resultantly, many gang definitions …

Gangs are associated with a range of social, criminal, and economic harms. Yet, after almost
a century of dedicated research, the development of effective and ethical responses to such …

To the extent that existing gang research is grounded predominantly in quantitative
methodology, the subjective and retrospective experience of gang members is often …

Gang violence in the Lower Mainland is the focus of much media, political, policy, and police
attention, but a lack of Canadian studies on police and policy responses hinders an …

There is no universally accepted definition of a gang. Conceptual ambiguity underlies the
study of gangs, and as such, there is little consensus on what a gang is or what its core …