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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description 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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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-765102024-03-30T23:24:52Z Research on Gang-Related Violence in the 21st Century Valasik, Matthew Reid, Shannon E. 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 n/a 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 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. 2022-01-11T13:33:53Z 2022-01-11T13:33:53Z 2021 book ONIX_20220111_9783036515342_246 9783036515342 9783036515335 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76510 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/3956 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/3956 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-0365-1533-5 10.3390/books978-3-0365-1533-5 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783036515342 9783036515335 188 Basel, Switzerland open access
spellingShingle 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
Research on Gang-Related Violence in the 21st Century
title Research on Gang-Related Violence in the 21st Century
title_full Research on Gang-Related Violence in the 21st Century
title_fullStr Research on Gang-Related Violence in the 21st Century
title_full_unstemmed Research on Gang-Related Violence in the 21st Century
title_short Research on Gang-Related Violence in the 21st Century
title_sort research on gang related violence in the 21st century
topic 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
n/a
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
topic_facet 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
n/a
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
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