Gang Membership Risk Factors for Eighth-Grade Students

dc.creator	James Martinez
dc.creator	Jeremy Tost
dc.creator	Larry Hilgert
dc.creator	Tracy Woodard-Meyers
dc.date	2013-07-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:23:11Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:23:11Z
dc.identifier	2150-6477
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8b522566d40b4cebaccd33540e54dbac
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/29604
dc.description	The purpose of this study is to identify the major risk factor domains for gang membership and the relationships of these risk factors to eighth grade students. The domains of risk factors include: individual characteristics, peer group influences, family conditions, school experiences and the community context, along with demographic information obtained from the Student Gang Survey items. Through logistic multiple regression, risk factors associated with school, peer, community-neighborhood, and family were used to predict gang membership. Demographic data were also used as predictor variables. Results indicated that an increase in Community-Neighborhood Risk was associated with a decrease in joining a gang. Non-significant findings for Peer Risk, School Risk, Family Risk and demographic variables are additionally discussed. The current research identifies issues which middle school youth encounter in a county setting; provides a homegrown report to assist stakeholders (administrators, teachers, parents, students, and law enforcement) in identifying locally relevant risk factors of gang behavior; and substantiates risk factors for gang membership proliferation in those neighborhoods with no recently documented history of gangs.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Nonpartisan Education Review
dc.relation	http://www.nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Articles/v9n1.htm
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2150-6477
dc.source	Nonpartisan Education Review , Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-31 (2013)
dc.subject	Gang risk factor domains
dc.subject	gang membership
dc.subject	cliques
dc.subject	middle school
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Gang Membership Risk Factors for Eighth-Grade Students
dc.type	article