Gang Membership, Delinquent Peers, and Delinquent Behavior

Hawkins, J. David; Thornberry, Terence P.; Battin-Pearson, Sara

doi:10.1037/e304542003-001

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“…Research suggests that being a member of a gang appears to be associated with greater participation in criminal activity and more pro-delinquent attitudes, and that this seems to be even more significant in more stable and organised gangs (Battin-Pearson et al, 1998;Hill et al, 2001;Thornberry et al, 2003;.…”

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Delinquent youth groups and offending behaviour: Findings from the 2004 offending, crime and justice survey

Sharp¹,

Aldridge

Medina

2006

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Delinquent youth groups and offending behaviour: Findings from the 2004 offending, crime and justice survey

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Aldridge

Medina

2006

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“…These factors include involvement with delinquent peers (Battin, Hill, Abbott, Catalano, & Hawkins, 1998;Battin-Pearson, Thornberry, Hawkins, & Krohn, 1998;Decker & Curry, 2000;Dishion, Nelson, & Yasui, 2005;Hill et al, 1999;Monahan, Steinberg, & Cauffman, 2009), family relationships (Henry, Tolan, & Gorman-Smith, 2001;Poole & Regoli, 1973;Rizzo, 2003;Walker-Barnes & Mason, 2001a;WalkerBarnes & Mason, 2001b), and self-worth (Baumeister, Smart, & Boden, 1996;Wang, 1994). Much of what is known about these factors has been developed by synthesizing theories and evidence from cross-sectional studies.…”

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Predictors of Gang Involvement: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data From the Mobile Youth Survey

Jaggers

Church

Tomek

et al. 2013

Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research

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Using linear growth modeling and data from the Mobile Youth Survey-a 14-year multiple cohort study of adolescents living in low-income neighborhoods in Mobile, Alabama-we investigate the roles of peer influence, family cohesion, and self-worth on gang involvement. The study finds that peer influence, family cohesion, and self-worth have an effect on initial gang involvement, but only family cohesion and gender have any influence on gang involvement across time. Males are more likely to be gang involved than females. Greater family cohesion reduced gang activity across time. This research suggests that family-based interventions and efforts to promote positive peer relationships might decrease the likelihood of gang involvement.

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“…Specifically, soon as the ratio Empirical studies have shown that, everything being equal, criminals affiliated to gangs are more involved in criminal activities than those who are not (Thornberry and al. (1993), Battin-Pearson and al. (1998)).…”

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On the Deterrent Effect of Individual Versus Collective Liability in Criminal Organizations

Hauret

Langlais

Sonntag³

2009

SSRN Journal

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Summary: Our paper addresses the question of the deterrent effect of a monetary sanction associated to a collective rather than an individual liability, when crimes are realized within a hierarchical gang (defined as a criminal organization where the leader is a sleeping partner, and several agents are active partners in the illegal or criminal activity). We develop a model where the active gang members face contradictory incentives to commit a crime. On the one hand, public authorities try to deter each gang member by imposing sanctions; on the second, the leader of the gang try to keep his members enough active in the gang by threatening them of private sanctions. We show that sanctions based on individual liability are inefficient to deter gang's members since the leader overreacts on the public sanctions. In contrast, we show that a regime of collective liability, allowing the judge to sanction the sleeping partner even if he hasn't realized any crime himself, can reach enough deterrence of the members of the gang.JEL Classification: K0, K42

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Gang Membership, Delinquent Peers, and Delinquent Behavior

Cited by 73 publications

References 11 publications

Delinquent youth groups and offending behaviour: Findings from the 2004 offending, crime and justice survey

Delinquent youth groups and offending behaviour: Findings from the 2004 offending, crime and justice survey

Predictors of Gang Involvement: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data From the Mobile Youth Survey

On the Deterrent Effect of Individual Versus Collective Liability in Criminal Organizations

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