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prevention of youth gangs  

Definition

  • Race and ethnicity have significant implications for the prevention of youth gangs. Structural factors that researchers identify as predicting risk of gang formation include minority segregation among the urban underclass. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Youth Gangs, Prevention of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DS946FN5-1

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