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dc.contributor.authorSweeten, Gary
dc.contributor.authorPyrooz, David C
dc.contributor.authorPiquero, Alex R
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:20:16Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:20:16Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-08-28T22:59:29Z
dc.identifier.issn0741-8825
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/07418825.2012.723033
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/49832
dc.description.abstractWe study the relationship between disengagement from gangs and desistance from crime within a life-course criminological framework. Gang disengagement is conceptualized as the event of gang membership de-identification and the process of declining gang embeddedness. We examine the effects of both the event and the process of disengaging from gangs on (1) criminal desistance mechanisms and (2) criminal offending using longitudinal data and multilevel modeling. We find that disengaging from gangs is indirectly related to offending through less exposure to antisocial peers, less unstructured routine activities, less victimization, and more temperance. Gang disengagement is associated with decreased contemporaneous offending but does not predict future offending after controlling for desistance mechanisms. Evidence also suggests that those who leave gangs more quickly are less exposed to antisocial peers, and possess better work histories and psychosocial characteristics even while in the gang. We discuss implications for research on gangs and criminal desistance.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom469
dc.relation.ispartofpageto550
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJustice Quarterly
dc.relation.ispartofvolume30
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCauses and prevention of crime
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440201
dc.titleDisengaging From Gangs and Desistance From Crime
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2013
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPiquero, Alex R.


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