RT Article
T1 Gang Membership as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Violent Victimization
JF Journal of research in crime and delinquency
VO 44
IS 4
SP 351
OP 380
A2 Taylor, Terrance J.
A2 Peterson, Dana
A2 Esbensen, Finn-Aage 1951-
A2 Freng, Adrienne Beth
LA Undetermined
YR 2007
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639139710
AB Youth gangs and violence have received substantial scholarly and public attention during the past two decades. While most of the extant research on youth gang members has focused on their offending behaviors, few quantitative studies have been conducted to examine the link between gang membership and violent victimization. The current study uses data from a multi-site study of youth to explore potential factors related to this increased risk. These findings suggest that gang members are more likely to experience violent victimization, as well as greater frequency of victimization, than do non-gang members. Furthermore, gang membership remains a significant correlate of the annual prevalence of victimization net other individual, family, peer, school, and situational factors. The relationship, however, is complex and dependent upon the type of victimization examined. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR
K1 Jugendgangs
K1 Gewalt
K1 Viktimisierung
K1 Risikofaktoren