Prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement among North American Indigenous adolescents
The purpose of the study was to examine prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement across the course of adolescence among a large 8-year longitudinal sample of 646 Indigenous (i.e., American Indian and Canadian First Nations) youth residing on reservation/reserve land in the Midwest of...
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ftoklahomaunivs:oai:shareok.org:11244/334631 2023-05-15T16:15:33+02:00 Prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement among North American Indigenous adolescents Hautala, Dane S. Sittner, Kelley J. Whitbeck, Les B. 2016-10 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11244/334631 https://doi.org/10.1177/1541204015585173 en_US eng SAGE Publications Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 14 (4) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5175584/ oksd_sittner_prospectivechildhoodrisk_2016 Hautala, D. S., Sittner, K. J., & Whitbeck, L. B. (2016). Prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement among North American Indigenous adolescents. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 14(4), pp. 390-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541204015585173 https://hdl.handle.net/11244/334631 doi:10.1177/1541204015585173 ScopusID: 57193600395 (Hautala, DS) ScopusID: 55189348500 (J. Sittner, K) ScopusID: 35430449600 (Whitbeck, LB) This material has been previously published. In the Oklahoma State University Library's institutional repository this version is made available through the open access principles and the terms of agreement/consent between the author(s) and the publisher. The permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of the material falls under fair use for educational, scholarship, and research purposes. Contact Digital Resources and Discovery Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for further information. 1602 Criminology Criminology American Indian First Nations gang membership risk factors longitudinal Article Text 2016 ftoklahomaunivs https://doi.org/10.1177/1541204015585173 2023-01-25T21:10:40Z The purpose of the study was to examine prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement across the course of adolescence among a large 8-year longitudinal sample of 646 Indigenous (i.e., American Indian and Canadian First Nations) youth residing on reservation/reserve land in the Midwest of the United States and Canada. Risk factors at the first wave of the study (ages 10-12) were used to predict gang involvement (i.e., gang membership and initiation) in subsequent waves (ages 11-18). A total of 6.7% of the participants reported gang membership and 9.1% reported gang initiation during the study. Risk factors were distributed across developmental domains (e.g., family, school, peer, and individual) with those in the early delinquency domain having the strongest and most consistent effects. Moreover, the results indicate that the cumulative number of risk factors in childhood increases the probability of subsequent gang involvement. Culturally relevant implications and prevention/intervention strategies are discussed. Peer reviewed Sociology Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Oklahoma/Oklahoma State University: SHAREOK Repository Canada Indian Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 14 4 390 410 |
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The purpose of the study was to examine prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement across the course of adolescence among a large 8-year longitudinal sample of 646 Indigenous (i.e., American Indian and Canadian First Nations) youth residing on reservation/reserve land in the Midwest of the United States and Canada. Risk factors at the first wave of the study (ages 10-12) were used to predict gang involvement (i.e., gang membership and initiation) in subsequent waves (ages 11-18). A total of 6.7% of the participants reported gang membership and 9.1% reported gang initiation during the study. Risk factors were distributed across developmental domains (e.g., family, school, peer, and individual) with those in the early delinquency domain having the strongest and most consistent effects. Moreover, the results indicate that the cumulative number of risk factors in childhood increases the probability of subsequent gang involvement. Culturally relevant implications and prevention/intervention strategies are discussed. Peer reviewed Sociology |
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Prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement among North American Indigenous adolescents |
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Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 14 (4) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5175584/ oksd_sittner_prospectivechildhoodrisk_2016 Hautala, D. S., Sittner, K. J., & Whitbeck, L. B. (2016). Prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement among North American Indigenous adolescents. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 14(4), pp. 390-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541204015585173 https://hdl.handle.net/11244/334631 doi:10.1177/1541204015585173 ScopusID: 57193600395 (Hautala, DS) ScopusID: 55189348500 (J. Sittner, K) ScopusID: 35430449600 (Whitbeck, LB) |
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This material has been previously published. In the Oklahoma State University Library's institutional repository this version is made available through the open access principles and the terms of agreement/consent between the author(s) and the publisher. The permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of the material falls under fair use for educational, scholarship, and research purposes. Contact Digital Resources and Discovery Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for further information. |
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