The Relationship between Motivations for Joining Gangs and Violent Offending: A Preliminary Test on Self-Determination Theory

Efforts to better understand violence have often compared gang members to non-gang members, finding, expectedly, that gang members engage in more violent behaviors. Often overlooked, however, is the variation of violence that exists among gang members. This variation may be tied to one’s reasons for...

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Authors: Wu, Jun (Author) ; Hu, Xiaochen (Author) ; Orrick, Erin A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Victims & offenders
Year: 2022, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 335-349
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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