Gang affiliation, aggression, and violent offending in a sample of youth offenders

• Main Authors: Ang, Rebecca P., Huan, Vivien S., Chua, Sok Hoon., Lim, Si Huan.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98024; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12282
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Gang affiliation, aggression, and violent offending were examined in case files of 390 youth offenders aged between 16 and 18 years. Results indicated that youth offenders who were gang members and those who were not gang members but exposed to friends in gangs had a significantly higher likelihood...