In community and correctional settings, gang status is a robust predictor of offending,
unfortunately relatively few studies have considered behavioral disorders of offenders and …

Studies comparing gang members to similarly situated non-gang members find youth gang
involvement is positively associated with experiencing simple and aggravated assault (ie …

American Homicide examines all types of homicide, and gives additional attention to the
more prevalent types of murder and suspicious deaths in the United States. Authors Richard …

In the process of solving the criminal position of witnesses occupying the central locations in
exposing a case, but the protection of witnesses in Indonesia has not been adequately …

Current scholarship on gang involvement and behavior has focused on several individual
and environmental factors believed to drive the use of violence, yet limited research has …

Increasing scientific evidence suggests that youth involvement in street gangs is positively
associated with multiple trauma-related symptoms. These symptoms may be explained by …

Introduction Adolescent participation in violence-prevention programming is critical in
addressing the nation's elevated rates of youth fighting and violence. However, little is …

Trauma has unfortunately become an all-too familiar occurrence in the lives of children, with
a majority of youth experiencing a traumatic event before the age of 18. With the rise of …

Some ethnographic research suggests that the criminogenic effect of gang membership may
not be invariant over time, yet this possibility has gone untested despite the expansive body …

A third of Hispanic youth live below the poverty line, making them vulnerable for exposure to
gangs, substances, and violence, all of which have been associated with substance use …