RT Article
T1 A primer on street gangs in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean
JF The Palgrave handbook of Caribbean criminology
SP 189
OP 207
A1 Freemon, Kayla
A1 Katz, Charles M. 1969-
A1 Seepersad, Randy
A2 Katz, Charles M. 1969-
A2 Seepersad, Randy
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1931906823
AB Street gangs across the Caribbean are receiving increased attention from local, regional, and international organizations. This is mainly because formal mechanisms of social control in the region, such as the police and courts, struggle to effectively respond to gangs and gang-related problems—problems that disproportionately lower the quality of life. This chapter examines the scope and nature of street gangs, gang members, and gang crime focused on the Eastern and Southern Caribbean, bringing together the limited empirical work in this area. We discuss definitional issues surrounding this topic and present the results of contemporary research examining the prevalence of gang involvement, characteristics of gang members, risk and protective factors associated with gang membership, gang organizational structure, gangs and offending, and regional responses to gangs.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 204-207
SN 9783031523779
K1 Gangs
K1 Gang response
K1 Caribbean