Successes and Challenges in Recruiting and Retaining Gang Members in Longitudinal Research: Lessons Learned From a Multisite Social Network Study

Members of hidden or hard-to-survey populations present challenges to social scientists seeking to engage them in empirical studies, especially if those efforts are longitudinal. In this article, we document the retention-related successes and failures of a longitudinal, social network-based study o...

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Authors: Eidson, Jillian L. (Author) ; Roman, Caterina Gouvis 1966- (Author) ; Cahill, Meagan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Youth violence and juvenile justice
Year: 2017, Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Pages: 396-418
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Field methods
Gang desistance
Hard-to-survey
Hidden populations