On the Validity and Reliability of Gang Homicide: A Comparison of Disparate Sources

By Scott H. Decker, D. Pyrooz. 2010

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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In Sociology and Political Science

1. D. Pyrooz
2. Scott H. Decker
3. C. Melde
4. Nicholas Corsaro
5. Robin S. Engel
6. Marie Skubak Tillyer
7. J. Turanovic
8. F. Esbensen

Citations in the corpus

• What Do We Know About Gangs and Gang Members and Where Do We Go From Here? (2013, methodology): “Given the prominent contribution of gangs to aggregate patterns of violence, especially over the last three decades (Decker & Pyrooz, 2010b; Howell et al., 2011; W. B. Miller, 2001), more research has focused on explaining the nonrandom distribution of gang violence.3 There is no better way to…”
• Reducing Gang Violence Using Focused Deterrence: Evaluating the Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV) (2013, background): “SHR data is available for over 90% of large US cities (also limited to 2008 follow-up), but are problematic (i.e. inconsistent) in terms of measurement of gang homicides (Decker & Pyrooz, 2010).”