Youth Gang Desistance An Examination of the Effect of Different Operational Definitions of Desistance on the Motivations, Methods, and Consequences Associated With Leaving the Gang

Dena C. Carson; Dana Peterson; Finn-Aage Esbensen

doi:10.1177/0734016813511634

Youth Gang Desistance An Examination of the Effect of Different Operational Definitions of Desistance on the Motivations, Methods, and Consequences Associated With Leaving the Gang

Dena C. Carson
, Dana Peterson
, Finn-Aage Esbensen

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Original language	American English
Journal	Criminal Justice Review
Volume	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0734016813511634
State	Published - Jan 12 2013

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Criminology
Sociology

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