@article{28149e97182f49c88cfd5b1b2047a119,
title = "School Transitions as a Turning Point for Gang Status",
author = "Carson, \{Dena C.\} and Chris Melde and Wiley, \{Stephanie A.\} and Esbensen, \{Finn Aage\}",
note = "The study of gangs corresponds well with life course perspectives of crime as the onset, persistence, and desistance from crime parallel the stages of gang membership. This literature commonly draws on turning points to explain the onset and desistance from criminal behavior, which are often synonymous with life transitions such as marriage, military duty, employment -even gang membership itself.",
year = "2017",
month = oct,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/0735648X.2017.1329784",
language = "American English",
volume = "40",
journal = "Journal of Criminal Justice",
}