RT Article
T1 Theimpact of civil gang injunctions on networked violence between the bloods and the crips
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 65
IS 7
SP 875
OP 915
A1 Bichler, Gisela
A2 Norris, Alexis
A2 Dmello, Jard R.
A2 Randle, Jasmin
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1667672223
AB Comparing the centrality of gangs and changing structure in attack behavior, this study examines the effects of civil gang injunctions (CGIs) on violence involving 23 gangs (seven Bloods and 16 Crips) operating in Southern California. We mapped violence networks by linking defendants and victims named in 272 court cases prosecuted in the City of Los Angeles (1997-2015), involving at least one conviction for a violent crime and a defendant tried as an adult. The results show that a small number of gangs are centrally located in a dynamic web of non-reciprocated conflict that exhibited complex hierarchical structures. These results raise four implications for combating gang violence.
K1 Social network analysis
K1 Civil gang injunctions
K1 Gangs
K1 Violence
K1 Bloods and Crips
K1 Soziale Netzwerke
K1 Gewaltdelinquenz
DO 10.1177/0011128717739607