TY - JOUR
T1 - Serious delinquency and gang participation
T2 - Combining and specializing in drug selling, theft, and violence
AU - Gordon, Rachel A.
AU - Rowe, Hillary L.
AU - Pardini, Dustin
AU - Loeber, Rolf
AU - White, Helene Raskin
AU - Farrington, David P.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Using Pittsburgh Youth Study data, we examined the extent to which over 600 gang members and non-gang-involved young men specialized in drug selling, serious theft, or serious violence, or engaged simultaneously in these serious delinquent behaviors, throughout the 1990s. We found that the increase in delinquency associated with gang membership was concentrated in two combinations: serious violence and drug selling; and serious violence, drug selling, and serious theft. Several covariates were similarly associated with multitype serious delinquency and gang membership (age, historical time, Black race, and residential mobility), suggesting that these behaviors may share common developmental, familial, and contextual risks. We encourage future research to further examine the association of gang membership with engagement in particular configurations of serious delinquency.
AB - Using Pittsburgh Youth Study data, we examined the extent to which over 600 gang members and non-gang-involved young men specialized in drug selling, serious theft, or serious violence, or engaged simultaneously in these serious delinquent behaviors, throughout the 1990s. We found that the increase in delinquency associated with gang membership was concentrated in two combinations: serious violence and drug selling; and serious violence, drug selling, and serious theft. Several covariates were similarly associated with multitype serious delinquency and gang membership (age, historical time, Black race, and residential mobility), suggesting that these behaviors may share common developmental, familial, and contextual risks. We encourage future research to further examine the association of gang membership with engagement in particular configurations of serious delinquency.
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U2 - 10.1111/jora.12124
DO - 10.1111/jora.12124
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84901292541
SN - 1050-8392
VL - 24
SP - 235
EP - 251
JO - Journal of Research on Adolescence
JF - Journal of Research on Adolescence
IS - 2
ER -