| Description |
1 online resource (165 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Criminal Behaviour Ser |
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Routledge Studies in Criminal Behaviour Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Overview of the Book -- Reference -- Part 1 Theoretical Perspectives of Gang Involvement -- 1 A Case Study of Gang Involvement Using a Unified Theory Framework -- Introduction -- The Unified Theory of Gang Involvement -- The Case History of HY -- Individual, Social, and Environmental Background Factors -- The Role of Social Cognition and Selection of Peers in Motivating Gang Involvement |
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Criminal Learning and Criminal Activity Preceding Stable Gang Membership -- Intersecting Individual, Social, Environmental, And Sociocognitive Factors Lead to Stable Gang Membership -- Prosocial Social Controls and Self-Conscious Emotions Motivate Desistence From Gang Involvement -- Theoretical Implications of HY's Case Study -- References -- 2 Bonds in Gangs: Understanding the Importance of Group Processes Within Street Gang Members' Cognition -- Gangs Or Groups Or ... ? -- Group Processes and Social Cognition -- Group Processes, Social Cognition and Outcomes -- Do We Know Enough? |
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The Importance of Specific Group Processes -- Empirical Findings: Perceived Group Processes in Gangs and Social Cognition Evolution -- Qualitative Findings: Gang Members' Views of Gang/Group Processes -- Quantitative Findings: The Importance of Specific Group Processes to Gang Members -- Implications and Conclusion -- References -- 3 Gang Member Typologies and Levels of Embeddedness -- Gang Membership Typology -- Gang Membership Variation -- Affects and Effects -- Integrating Factors and Developing Theory -- Background Factors -- Expressions of Emotion -- Personality Factors -- Prosocial Values |
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Blame Attribution -- Assessing Gang Embeddedness: Methodological Implications -- Reducing Gang Embeddedness -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 2 Psychological Characteristics of Gang Members -- 4 The Role of Trauma in the Developmental Trajectories of Gang-Involved Youth -- Prevalence of Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Among Youth Gang Members -- Trauma Exposure -- PTSD and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms -- Trauma as a Risk Factor for Gang Involvement -- Potential Underlying Processes Linking Trauma Exposure and PTSD to Gang Involvement -- Developmental Deficits Associated With Trauma |
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Posttraumatic Hypervigilance -- Emotional Numbing and Trauma-Linked Callousness -- Risk-Seeking -- Futurelessness -- Trauma Coping -- Trauma as an Outcome of Gang Involvement -- Potential Underlying Processes Linking Gang Involvement to Posttraumatic Stress -- Perpetration Trauma -- Dynamic and Transactional Perspectives -- Trauma as a Catalyst for Gang Desistance -- Potential Underlying Trauma-Related Processes That Thwart Desistance -- Ongoing Stigma and Trauma Triggers -- Persistent Unaddressed PTSD -- Traumatic Grief and Traumatic Attachments |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Insecure Internal Working Models of Relationships |
| Subject |
Gangs -- Psychology
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Criminal psychology.
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Gangsters.
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Criminal psychology
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Gangs -- Psychology
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Gangsters
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mallion, Jaimee S
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Frisby-Osman, Sarah
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| ISBN |
9781000774405 |
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1000774406 |
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