RT Article
T1 I’ve Had Enough: Exploring Gang Life From the Perspective of (Ex) Members in Alberta
JF The prison journal
VO 97
IS 3
SP 364
OP 386
A1 Chalas, Dawn Marie
A2 Grekul, Jana
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1742425496
AB Administrators and frontline workers in correctional centers and in the community search for effective gang prevention and intervention programs. To this aim, semistructured interviews with 175 male and female adult (ex) gang members in correctional centers and community corrections exploring a range of topics were conducted. Presented here is an overview of the childhood experiences of the sample, gang experiences, and prevention and intervention strategies identified as helpful by participants. Street-prison gang connections and the impact of gang desistance are explored, as is the influence of local context on the types of gangs and the implications for programming.
K1 Aboriginal gangs
K1 Gang recruitment
K1 Intervention
K1 Prevention
K1 Prison gangs
DO 10.1177/0032885517705312