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Violence risk and gang affiliation in youth offenders: a recidivism study

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Chu, Chi Meng, Daffern, Michael, Thomas, Stuart, Lim, Jia Ying·2012·Psychology, Crime & Law
DOI 10.1080/1068316x.2010.481626
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Abstract

Youth gangs are ubiquitous around the world and have been problematic for the social and criminal justice agencies. Despite widespread public concern, there has been relatively scarce empirical scrutiny of youth gangs internationally and little outside of America and Europe. In particular, the activities of youth gangs, the function of gang membership, the criminogenic needs of gang-affiliated youth, and the risk of criminal recidivism for gang-affiliated youth remain unclear. Against this background, this study explored the sociodemographic characteristics, risk and rate of criminal recidivism in a cohort of 165 male youth offenders in Singapore, of which 58 were gang-affiliated. Multivariate analyses revealed that gang-affiliated youth offenders were significantly more likely to have histories of substance use, weapon use and violence than nongang-affiliated youth offenders. Gang-affiliated offenders also scored higher on measures of risk for recidivism (SAVRY and YLS/CMI), and engaged in violent and other criminal behaviors more frequently during follow-up. These differences indicate a significant relationship between gang affiliation and criminal recidivism in youth offenders. Furthermore, these findings have important clinical and policy implications, indicating an increased requirement for additional and more intensive assessment and tailored interventions for gang-affiliated youth offenders.

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  • Established youth gang members display more delinquent behavior than transient members, and even more so than children not engaged in any antisocial activity at all.

    “established youth gang members display more delinquent behavior than of transient members, and even more so than children who are not engaged in any antisocial activity at all”

    From Profile of Youth Gang Members, Causes and Effects of their Activities in Tagbilaran City (2016) · cites this paper as Chu, Daffern, Thomas, & Lim, 2012

  • Youth gang members are more likely to engage in drug-related activities and can possess weapons of violence compared to non-gang members.

    “youth gang members are more likely to engage in drug-related activities and can possess weapons of violence compared to non-gang members.”

    From Profile of Youth Gang Members, Causes and Effects of their Activities in Tagbilaran City (2016) · cites this paper as Chu, Daffern, Thomas, & Lim, 2012

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Authors
Chu, C. M., Daffern, M., Thomas, S., & Lim, J. Y.
Affiliations
  • Ministry of Social and Family Development (SG)
  • University of Nottingham (GB)
  • Monash University (AU)
Corresponding author
Chu, Chi Meng
ORCID
Venue
Psychology, Crime & Law
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2010-08-12
Volume
18
Issue
3
Pages
299-315
ISSN
  • 1068-316X (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-2744
DOI
10.1080/1068316x.2010.481626
OpenAlex
W2011471653
Cited by
61
References
1
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FWCI
5.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Psychology Crime and Law (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Research Online (University of Wollongong) (submittedVersion)
  • RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
Keywords
youth gangs, gang membership, juvenile offenders, recidivism, violence risk, substance use, weapon use, violent behavior, SAVRY, Singapore

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