Youth Gangs and Definitional Issues: When is a Gang a Gang, and Why Does it Matter?

By F. Esbensen, L. Winfree, N. He, Terrance J. Taylor. 2001

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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In General Health Professions

1. D. Pyrooz
2. Scott H. Decker
3. C. Melde
4. M. Delisi
5. C. Gibson
6. Gary Sweeten
7. Alex R. Piquero
8. Kevin M. Beaver

In Sociology and Political Science

1. D. Pyrooz
2. Scott H. Decker
3. M. Delisi
4. C. Gibson
5. C. Melde
6. Kevin M. Beaver
7. Gary Sweeten
8. F. Esbensen

Citations in the corpus

• Disengaging From Gangs and Desistance From Crime (2013, background): “Giordano et al. (2002) emphasize cognitive transformations essential to the process of desistance where directed human agency is needed in order to gain access to the structural arrangements that act as “hooks for change.”
• Delinquent youth groups and offending behaviour: findings from the 2004 Offending Crime and Justice Survey (2006, background): “The final criterion, relating to structural features, has been identified in other research (Winfree et al., 1994; Esbensen et al., 2001; Smith and Bradshaw, 2005; Communities That Care, 2005).9”
• What Do We Know About Gangs and Gang Members and Where Do We Go From Here? (2013, background): “The advent of numerous panel studies in the late 1980s and early 1990s (e.g. Esbensen et al., 2001; Gordon et al., 2004; Hill, Hawkins, Howell, & BattinPearson, 1999; Thornberry, Krohn, Lizotte, Smith, & Tobin, 2003) sparked a proliferation in individual-level research on the causes and…”
• Youth Gangs and Troublesome Youth Groups in the United States and the Netherlands (2005, background): “Using a somewhat different approach, Esbensen et al. (2001) examined differences among gang members.”
• GANGS, GUNS, AND DRUGS: RECIDIVISM AMONG SERIOUS, YOUNG OFFENDERS* (2007, result): “The results of this analysis are similar to current research that has confirmed the robustness of the self-nomination technique to separate gang from non-gang youth (Esbensen et al., 2001), and the consistency of sample responses further signals the appropriateness of the measure.”
• Taking Stock of the Relationship Between Gang Membership and Offending (2016, unknown): “…Corwyn & Benda, 2001; Decker, 2000; Esbensen, Brick, Melde, Tusinski, & Taylor, 2008; Esbensen & Carson, 2012; Esbensen, Huizinga, & Weiher, 1993; Esbensen et al., 2001; Esbensen & Weerman, 2005; Esbensen & Winfree, 1998; Gaes, Wallace, Gilman, klein-Saffran, & Suppa, 2002; Gibson, Miller,…”