Gangs, gang homicides, and gang loyalty:: Organized crimes or disorganized criminals

By Scott H. Decker, G. Curry. 2002

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Going to extremes: Social identity and communication processes associated with gang membership (2014, background): “To be an official gang member, courage and loyalty to the gang must be proven (Alleyne & Wood, 2010; Decker & Curry, 2002; Stretesky & Pogrebin, 2007).”
Gang rivalry dynamics via coupled point process networks (2014, background): “We note that self-excitation and intra-gang violence [5] could also be added to Eq.”
Gang members, career criminals and prison violence: further specification of the importation model of inmate behavior (2004, background): “Gang members are significantly more likely than non-gang youth to carry a firearm to school, possess assorted illegal weapons and furnish a firearm during the commission of a violent crime (Decker & Curry, 2002; Huff, 1998; Miller & Decker, 2001).”