Written at an introductory level, and featuring engaging case examples, this book reviews
the theory and practice of personal and egocentric network research. This approach offers …

Criminological research has largely neglected the possibility that positive peer influence is a
potentially powerful source of social control. Quantitative methods tease out cause, effect …

Data from Short and Strodtbeck's () study of gangs in Chicago, 1959–1962, are used to
examine the association between intragang friendship networks and violent and delinquent …

This article expands upon the limited literature on the relationship between youth
motivations for joining a peer group and delinquent behavior. Using network survey data …

This chapter focuses on control theories of crime and delinquency. It describes the key
elements of any control theory. The chapter analyzes whether it is possible for control theory …

Purpose The current study examines the influence of civil gang injunctions (CGIs) on the
patterns of association among gang associates at the individual-and group-levels in East …

This manuscript discusses the integration of personal network research designs (PNRDs)
into the study of street gangs, highlighting their potential to advance scholarly inquiry …

Purpose As useful as police data have been in furthering our knowledge of gangs and gang
violence networks, not everything about gang networks can be learned from examining …

In this article we analyse the structure, composition and relational resources of young
offenders' personal networks in order to identify how they are related to desistance. We …

A growing body of evidence suggests a link between youth participation in sport and
delinquency including violence and problematic alcohol use. No studies have yet conducted …