Putting the “Gang” in “Eurogang”: Characteristics of Delinquent Youth Groups by Different Definitional Approaches

TY - CHAP

T1 - Putting the “Gang” in “Eurogang”: Characteristics of Delinquent Youth Groups by Different Definitional Approaches

AU - Matsuda, Kristy N.

AU - Esbensen, Finn-Aage

AU - Carson, Dena C.

N1 - Kristy N. Matsuda Finn-Aage Esbensen Dena C. Carson The purpose of this chapter was to explore the validity of different definitional approaches to identify gang members. We applied three definitions (i.e., self-nomination, friends are gang, and the Eurogang definition) to the same diverse sample of American youth.

PY - 2012/1/1

Y1 - 2012/1/1

UR - https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-1-4614-1659-3_2.pdf

U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4614-1659-3_2

DO - 10.1007/978-1-4614-1659-3_2

M3 - Chapter

BT - Youth Gangs in International Perspective

ER -