RT Article
T1 “Half In, Half Out:” Gang Families, Gang Affiliation, and Gang Misconduct
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 38
IS 4
SP 602
OP 615
A1 DeLisi, Matt
A2 Spruill, James O.
A2 Peters, David J.
A2 Caudill, Jonathan W.
A2 Trulson, Chad R.
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764200322
AB Recently developed inmate behavior frameworks have expanded the discussion from deprivation/importation models to a life-course perspective. DeLisi and associates (International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 55;1186–1207, 2011 ) presented the life-course importation model of inmate behavior based on a sample of state incarcerated offenders; however, their analyses were unable to distinguish indirect and direct effects of delinquent career and distal family background factors. The current study builds on the life-course importation model of inmate behavior by using path analysis to understand the direct and indirect effects of distal pre-incarceration indictors on gang-related inmate misconduct for 2,520 incarcerated youthful offenders. The findings lend support to the life-course importation model as the familial gang indicator was associated directly with individual gang affiliation, gang affiliation was associated directly with gang-related misconduct, and familial gang associations was associated indirectly with gang-related misconduct.
K1 Delinquency
K1 Life-course importation model of inmate behavior
K1 Inmate misconduct
K1 Gangs
DO 10.1007/s12103-012-9196-9