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Research on Gang-Related Violence in the 21st Century

Conflict, including the threat or fear of potential violence, or being witness to or a victim of physical violence, constantly surrounds gangs and their communities and is the principal driver sustaining gang life. This Special Issue examines the diverse nature of gang-related violence with the goal...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
Subjects:
street gangs
public health
Good Lives Model
intervention
prevention
gang
violence
incident reports
police data
drug markets
gangs
opioids
overdose
spatial concentration
generalized cross-entropy
street gang violence
civil gang injunctions
conflict network
social network analysis
social networks
crisis
organized crime
homicide
retaliation
gang homicide
comparative research
ethnography
gang violence
desistance
network composition
criminal behavior
homicide types
disaggregation
latent class analysis
shootings
social media
focused deterrence
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thema EDItEUR::L Law
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVG Drugs trade / drug trafficking
Online Access:ONIX_20220111_9783036515342_246
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Summary:Conflict, including the threat or fear of potential violence, or being witness to or a victim of physical violence, constantly surrounds gangs and their communities and is the principal driver sustaining gang life. This Special Issue examines the diverse nature of gang-related violence with the goal of better understanding the growing complexities of gang violence over the last two decades to better inform public policy solutions. The contributions included in this Special Issue highlight the complex nature of gang-related violence in the 21st Century. As much as policy makers, the media, and even scholars like to simplify gang-related violence, all of the studies included in this Special Issue highlight the nuance and variation that exists.

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