Delinquency in gangs – the result of selection or socialization?

• Main Authors: Hung, Perrine Pui Leng., Toh, Doreen Peirong., Wong, Irvin Wei Jian.
• Other Authors: Ang Pei-Hui, Rebecca
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Deviant psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52646
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Thornberry, Krohn, Lizotte, and Chard-Wierschem's (1993) introduced three models to account for why gangs are associated with high levels of delinquency. Existing research using Thornberry et al.’s (1993) models to explain the gang-delinquency association has been inconclusive. This paper seeks...