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- Title
CONSIDERACIONES CRIMINOLÓGICAS SOBRE LAS BANDAS JUVENILES.
- Authors
Medina, Juanjo
- Abstract
This article raises a number of issues about recent efforts to define gangs and summarises some of the key debates surrounding the field of gang research. In particular, the article pays particular attention to studies about the relationship between gangs and offending, theories that explain gang formation and gang-joining, evaluations of gang interventions, and recent initiatives to develop comparative cross-national gang studies.
- Subjects
GANGS; YOUTH gangs; JUVENILE offenders -- Social aspects; JUVENILE delinquency; DEBATE; GANG members; MEMBERSHIP; GANG prevention; JUVENILE corrections
- Publication
Revista de Derecho Penal y Criminologia, 2010, Vol 3, p409
- ISSN
1132-9955
- Publication type
Article