A Comparative Study of Initial Involvement in Gangs and Political Extremism
There is a paucity of research comparing gang members and domestic extremists and extant studies find few explicit linkages. Despite this, there remains a great deal of interest in possible similarities between these criminal groups. Driving this interest is the possibility of adapting policies and...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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2022
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Terrorism and political violence
Jahr: 2022, Band: 34, Heft: 8, Seiten: 1647-1664 |
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Zusammenfassung: | There is a paucity of research comparing gang members and domestic extremists and extant studies find few explicit linkages. Despite this, there remains a great deal of interest in possible similarities between these criminal groups. Driving this interest is the possibility of adapting policies and practices aimed at preventing entry into criminal groups. A critical first step to determining compatibility is to examine the circumstances of the individuals who enter these organizations and better describe the entry processes. This study provides a unique comparison of entry into these groups by drawing on four broad empirically derived mechanisms of group entry using forty-five in-person interviews of U.S. gang members and thirty-eight life history narratives of individuals who radicalized in the United States. Our results reveal that each of the four conceptual categories appeared to influence initial involvement; however, no single mechanism described involvement in criminal groups or differentiated involvement across the gangs and extremist groups. |
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ISSN: | 1556-1836 |
DOI: | 10.1080/09546553.2020.1828079 |