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Gangs and delinquency in developmental perspective / Terence P. Thornberry ... [et al.].
- Title
- Gangs and delinquency in developmental perspective / Terence P. Thornberry ... [et al.].
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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- Additional Authors
- Thornberry, Terence P.
- Description
- xxiii, 238 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This book examines how membership in adolescent street gangs influences human development.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in criminology
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Electronic books.
- Longitudinal studies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-230) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Life-Course Orientation to the Study of Gang Membership -- 2. Research Procedures: The Sample and the Data -- 3. Characteristics of Gang Members -- 4. Antecedents of Gang Membership -- 5. Origins of Gang Membership -- 6. Gangs as a Facilitating Context for Delinquent Behavior -- 7. Gangs, Guns, and Crime -- 8. Gangs and Other Law-Violating Youth Groups -- 9. Long-Term Consequences of Gang Membership -- 10. Gangs in Developmental Perspective: Substantive and Policy Implications -- App. A. Delinquency Indices -- App. B. Prevalence of Gang Membership -- App. C. Impact of Gang Membership.
- ISBN
- 0521814391
- 0521891299 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2002066520
- OCLC
- 49531163
- SCSB-12262374
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library