The Reciprocal Relationship Between Gang Involvement and Victimization by Peers: Findings from the Pittsburgh Girls Study
While research has consistently shown a correlation between gang involvement and peer victimization, less is known about the direction of this relationship, especially among girls. The current study tests competing hypotheses to determine whether girls become gang involved following victimization, w...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
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[2017]
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Journal of developmental and life-course criminology
Año: 2017, Volumen: 3, Número: 2, Páginas: 151-167 |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
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| Sumario: | While research has consistently shown a correlation between gang involvement and peer victimization, less is known about the direction of this relationship, especially among girls. The current study tests competing hypotheses to determine whether girls become gang involved following victimization, whether they experience peer victimization as result of gang involvement or whether reciprocal relationships exist. |
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| Notas: | Erratum: The original version of this article unfortunately contained mistakes and the authors hereby publishing these corrections.The sentence on page 13 in the published paper is misleading: “Thus, the approach taken to prevent gang involvement as well as intervene with actively involved girls needs to move away from the purely punitive strategies seen in many systems that girls are engaged in, such as zero tolerance policies in schools and gang enhancement laws in juvenile justice systems.” Instead, it should read: “Thus, the approach taken to prevent gang involvement as well as intervene with actively involved girls needs to move away from the purely punitive strategies seen in many systems that girls are engaged in, such as zero tolerance policies in schools and criminal gang enhancement laws that are imposed on juvenile offenders.” With these, the original article was corrected |
| ISSN: | 2199-465X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40865-016-0046-1 |