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Youth Gang Affiliation

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Research has shown that some youth are pulled into gangs by attractiveness and enhancement of status among friends (Baccaglini, 1993). In some communities, youth seemingly do not have a choice to not join a gang because they were born into that lifestyle or its their neighborhood or family tradition (Moore, 1978). Factors for youth gang affiliation range from having delinquent friends to not being supervised at home.
Research Problem and Purpose Statement The purpose of this research study is to measure the impact of addressing and developing strategies to decrease risk factors that increase youth gang affiliation. There has been much research on the contributing factors for youth joining gangs, and some related to the impact of decreasing
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