Results 11 to 20 of about 4,731 (267)

Les filles et les gangs : contextes et répercussions pour les femmes

Criminologie, 2015
On perçoit généralement les gangs comme étant un phénomène essentiellement masculin, presque emblématique du caractère rebelle des garçons, mais les gangs sont composés d’une part importante de filles. Les dernières données indiquent qu’au moins le quart
Meda Chesney-Lind
doaj   +1 more source

The Problem with Templates: Learning from Organic Gang-Related Violence Reduction

Stability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2015
This article considers what demobilisation, disarmament, and reintegration (DDR) programmes might learn from research on gangs and the problems associated with government-instituted ‘wars on gangs’ putatively aimed at reducing or fighting gang-related ...
Dennis Rodgers, Steffen Jensen
doaj   +1 more source

Competitive dominance, gang size and the directionality of gang violence

Crime Science, 2019
Intergroup violence is assumed to play a key role in establishing and maintaining gang competitive dominance. However, it is not clear how competitive ability, gang size and reciprocal violence interact.
P. Jeffrey Brantingham, Matthew Valasik, George E. Tita   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Media and the Variable Impact of Violence Reduction Interventions: Re-Examining Focused Deterrence in Philadelphia

Social Sciences, 2021
Focused deterrence is a gang violence reduction strategy that relies on a unique mix of strong enforcement messages from law enforcement and judicial officials coupled with the promise of additional services.
Jordan M. Hyatt, James A. Densley, Caterina G. Roman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Les gangs et la violence dans leur quartier tels que perçus par les jeunes

Criminologie, 2015
La violence des gangs est un problème de société en pleine croissance. La présente étude a pour but de se pencher sur la perception qu’ont les adolescents, non membres de gangs, à propos des gangs, de la violence qui y est associée et de l’influence qu ...
Sarah Kelly, Ph. D., inf. aut.
doaj   +1 more source

Authoritarianism and narratives on subalternity in Guatemala and El Salvador: the communist and the gang member

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2022
This paper explores two narratives on subalternity promoted by the state and conservative power groupings in Guatemala and El Salvador – those of the communist and of the gang member – whose role in providing cultural support for authoritarianism is ...
Irene Lungo Rodríguez
doaj   +1 more source

Not Bowing Down

Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology
In the United States, some prison gangs control not only inmates, but also what happens on the street. Since most gang members eventually get detained and incarcerated, prison gangs will victimize or kill any resistors in jail and prison.
Randol Contreras
doaj   +1 more source

Caregiver Type and Gang Involvement: A Comparison of Female and Male Gang Members

Social Sciences, 2023
Gang involvement and delinquency are prominent issues frequently examined in criminal justice scholarship. Research has revealed that gang involvement increases the likelihood of delinquency/crime, and that youth participate in gangs for a variety of ...
Daniel Scott, Natalie Goulette
doaj   +1 more source

No Gangs – Gangs No

PROKLA. Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft, 1998
During the last two decades growing social tensions had a large impact on youth culture. The spreaded notion of gangs shows increasing gangfascination but in contrast to US american cities in Berlin youth violence is not embedded in the patterns of a criminal economy.
openaire   +2 more sources

Traits de personnalité chez les jeunes contrevenants : étude comparative entre les jeunes contrevenants associés ou non aux gangs de rue

Criminologie, 2019
Dans les dernières années, les gangs de rue ont attiré l’attention du public, des autorités et des chercheurs en raison de la productivité criminelle et de la violence de ses membres.
Fanny Guérin-Lazure, Catherine Laurier, Sophie Couture   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source