CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fraternities And Sororities, Longitudinal Study, Hollinger Inc.
8 Jan 2018
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Lecture 10: organized crime & gangs and white collar-crime. In his 1927 definition, thrasher did not include criminality as an essential criterion for designation as a gang: some contemporary scholars have argued that the absence of criminality makes the definition of a gang too broad . In chapter 17, wortley (2014) argues that without the criminality criterion, the study of gangs would become the study of all organized group behavior . Violence and criminal activity: without requiring the criteria of violence and/or regular criminal activity , some college fraternities might meet the definition of a gang. Youth gang activities: a random sample of 3,394 high school students, obtained by the toronto youth crime and. Gang violence: research indicates gang membership increases violent behavior; even in cases where individuals displayed violent traits prior to becoming gang members, gang members are also more likely to become victims of serious violence.
