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Prisoners’ gang-related activity: the importance of bullying and moral disengagement
Full text linkGang-related activity can have a significant impact on the effective management of prisons in the UK, yet little is known about the characteristics of the prisoners involved. I it this study, 141 adult male prisoners' gang-related activity was examined in relation to their bullying behaviour and use of moral disengagement. Results showed that prisoners most involved in gang-related activity were likely to have spent a longer total time in the prison system, be perpetrators of bullying and have high levels of moral disengagement. Findings also show that moral disengagement partially mediates the relationship between bullying and gang-related activity Implications for treatment programmes and the prison estate are discussed
Psychological and behavioral characteristics that distinguish street gang members in custody
Full text linkPurpose. Using social dominance theory, the primary aim of this study was to examine the attitudes and beliefs that reinforce status hierarchies and facilitate aggressive behavior within and between gangs. The aim was also to determine whether these socio-cognitive processes distinguished gang-involved youth from non-gang offenders in a custodial setting.
Methods. Gang-involved youth and non-gang offenders were recruited from a Young Offender Institution (YOI) located in the United Kingdom. Questionnaires assessing psychological (i.e., moral disengagement strategies, anti-authority attitudes, hypermasculinity, and social dominance orientation) and behavioral (i.e., group crime) characteristics were administered individually. We hypothesized that gang-involved youth would be affiliated with groups who engaged in more criminal activity than non-gang offenders, and that they would report higher levels of endorsements than non-gang youth across all of the psychological measures.
Results. We found that gang-involved youth were affiliated with groups who engage in more crimes than non-gang offenders. We also found that social dominance orientation was an important factor related to gang involvement along with measures assessing group-based hierarchies such as hypermasculinity, anti-authority attitudes, and the moral disengagement strategies displacement of responsibility, dehumanization, and euphemistic labelling.
Conclusions. These findings fit within a social dominance theoretical framework as they highlight key psychological factors that feed into perceived status-driven hierarchies that distinguish gang members from other types of offenders. These factors could be key to developments in treatment provision within custodial settings
Sinochlora nonspinosa Liu & Kang 2007
No full text3. Sinochlora nonspinosa Liu & Kang, 2007 (Fig. 63; Map 1) Sinochlora nonspinosa Liu & Kang 2007, J. Nat. Hist., 41 (21): 1330. Material examined. 1 male, Gulinqing, Maguan, Yunnan, 21 Jul. 2006, coll. Hao-Yu Liu. Distribution. China (Guangxi, Yunnan).Published as part of Wang, Gang, Lu, Rong-Sheng & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2012, Remarks on the genus Sinochlora Tinkham (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae), pp. 1-16 in Zootaxa 3526 on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28273
Sinochlora mesominora Liu & Kang 2007
No full text10. Sinochlora mesominora Liu & Kang, 2007 (Map 1) Sinochlora mesominora Liu & Kang 2007, J. Nat. Hist., 41 (21): 1336. Material examined. Not seen. Distribution. China (Hunan).Published as part of Wang, Gang, Lu, Rong-Sheng & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2012, Remarks on the genus Sinochlora Tinkham (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae), pp. 1-16 in Zootaxa 3526 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28273
Maladera haba Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021
No full textMaladera haba group Key to species of the Maladera haba group: 1 Body smaller ( 6.5 mm). Dorsal surface densely setose....................... M. dajuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n.Published as part of Fabrizi, Silvia, Liu, Wan-Gang, Bai, Ming, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ahrens, Dirk, 2021, A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), pp. 1-400 in Zootaxa 4922 (1) on page 248, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4922.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/449631
Abaxisotima brevifissa Wang & Liu 1996
No full text2 Abaxisotima brevifissa (Wang & Liu, 1996) (Figs. 2, 7, 12) Shirakisotima brevifissa: Wang & Liu, 1996. Journal of Shandong University. 31 (3): 336–340; Gorochov & Kang, 2002: Insect Systematics and Evolution. 33 (3): 337–360. Abaxisotima brevifissa: Gorochov, 2005. Zoosystematica Rossica, 13 (2): 242; Eades & Otte, 2009: Orthoptera Species File Online (Version 2.0/ 3.5). Material examined: 2 males, Yuexi, Anhui, 2 Aug., 2007, collected by Ba Yi-Bin. Distribution: CHINA (Henan, Hubei, Anhui)Published as part of Wang, Gang & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2009, A review of the genus Abaxisotima Gorochov, 2005 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae), pp. 29-34 in Zootaxa 2325 on page 31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19203
Sinochlora tibetensis Liu & Kang 2007
No full text4. Sinochlora tibetensis Liu & Kang, 2007 (Fig. 59; Map 2) Sinochlora tibetensis Liu & Kang 2007, J. Nat. Hist., 41 (21): 1330. Material examined. 2 males and 1 female, Dagmo, Mêdog, Xizang, 29 Oct. 2011, coll. Le-Hong Zhao. Distribution. China (Xizang).Published as part of Wang, Gang, Lu, Rong-Sheng & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2012, Remarks on the genus Sinochlora Tinkham (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae), pp. 1-16 in Zootaxa 3526 on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28273
Sinochlora aequalis Liu & Kang 2007
No full text9. Sinochlora aequalis Liu & Kang, 2007 (Fig. 58; Map 1) Sinochlora aequalis Liu & Kang 2007, J. Nat. Hist., 41 (21): 1338. Material examined. 1 male, Mao’ershan, Xing’an, Guangxi, 11 Aug. 2006, coll. Fu-Ming Shi. Distribution. China (Guangxi, Jiangxi).Published as part of Wang, Gang, Lu, Rong-Sheng & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2012, Remarks on the genus Sinochlora Tinkham (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae), pp. 1-16 in Zootaxa 3526 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28273
Maladera shenglongi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021
No full textMaladera shenglongi group Key to species of the Maladera shenglongi group (³³): 1 Anterior margin of metafemur with a continuous and fine serrate line............................................. 2 1’ Anterior margin of metafemur without a continuous and fine serrate line.......................................... 4 2 Pronotum iridescent, shiny..................................... Maladera maoershana Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n. 2’ Pronotum dull........................................................................................ 3 3 Left paramere with two lobes. Right paramere simple. Punctation on head very coarse and dense................................................................................. Maladera shoumanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n. 3’ Left paramere simple. Right paramere with a large basal lobe. Punctation on head fine and dense....................................................................................... Maladera jatuai Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n. 4 Right paramere bifid................................................................................... 5 4’ Right paramere simple................................................................................. 6 5 Right paramere much longer than wide. Left paramere trifid........... Maladera shenglongi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n. 5’ Right paramere nearly as wide as long. Left paramere bifid.................... Maladera hui Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n. 6 Left paramere with only one narrow process apart from basal lobe. Surface of pronotum plain..................................................................................... Maladera xingkeyangi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n. 6’ Left paramere trifid. Pronotum with two large convexities on each side of disc, separated by a transverse cavitity.................................................................... Maladera zhejiangensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n.Published as part of Fabrizi, Silvia, Liu, Wan-Gang, Bai, Ming, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ahrens, Dirk, 2021, A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), pp. 1-400 in Zootaxa 4922 (1) on pages 301-302, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4922.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/449631
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