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Prisoners’ gang-related activity: the importance of bullying and moral disengagement
Get PDFGang-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
Q&A with Yan-Gang Sun
No full textWe discuss with Yan-Gang Sun his passion and experiences that made him a neuroscientist and the current focus of his lab at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Yan-Gang shares the lab environment he has been fostering and advises junior scientists to maintain research focus and form interdisciplinary collaborations
Developing a monitoring and evaluation system for the ceasefire gang violence programme in Hanover Park, Cape Town
No full textIncludes bibliographical references.This study is a formative evaluation of the Ceasefire gang violence programme in Hanover Park, Cape Town, South Africa. The primary audience of this evaluation is the Ceasefire programme management. The Ceasefire programme is a project of the City of Cape Town's Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading Unit (VPUU). The Ceasefire programme is run by the First Community Resource Centre (FCRC) in Hanover Park. The main aim of this evaluation is to develop a results-based monitoring and evaluation system for the Ceasefire programme
Politics of the number: an account of predominent South African prison gang influences
No full textIncludes bibliographical references.The study is a contextual account of various factors that facilitate and promote the continued dominance of the ‘Number gangs’ prevalent in many (if not most) South African prisons. Even though there is a substantial amount of factors that critically influence and sustain the South African prison gangs, this paper will focus upon a few of these influences. An emergent sentiment from exponents within these gangs, and supporting academic literature both argue that these dominant inmate factions are now adapting their mythical credo so as to remain an informal power-player within the scope of a failing South African prison administration. From a managerial perspective, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is often found attempting to give meaningful accounts of itself amidst its failed efforts to transform both itself and the South African prison administration. The policy legislation and administration of DCS thus also contribute to prison gang prominence. The study shows that DCS has embraced a policy of harsher penality, although its official position is that it is transforming into an administration that is focused upon human rights. This paper will thus give brief insight into the prison gangs’ organization and operations, and then focus upon various contexts within which the Number gangs continue to be pervasive, especially due to changing prison administrative policy (or lack thereof) and due to new adaptive strategy employed by gangs to make themselves powerbrokers within this contentious penal discourse
Gangster Girlfriends in British Columbia: The Allure of Louboutin, Chanel, and Tiffany
Get PDFAccording to Peterson (2014) female members may account for as much as 40% of the gang membership in the United States, and yet we still know so little about the female role, membership, association to, and relationships with known gang members. Indeed, Decker (2017: xvii) has noted that “In too many studies of organized crime groups, women are either not dealt with or are treated as appendages.” Our research goes some way to correcting this, adding to the body of evidence by understanding the decision for involvement with gangs, as non-gang members. The main objective was to explore the romantic relationships between females and gang members. The research examines why young females, who do not identify as gang members, enter relationships with gang members and what the nature of these relationships are. In doing so, the research is able to offer a number of recommendations for intervention, which may be effective at deterring gang involvement, and supporting ‘exit strategies’ of young women involved with gang members. The data used to recommend intervention and prevention strategies was produced from qualitative interviews with three women from British Columbia who have previously been in a relationship with a gang member. The results contribute to the ongoing debate about whether females become involved with gangs because they are victims or through conscious decision. A rational choice. The present study argues that women need to be viewed as active decision makers in their own lives, while still acknowledging that dating a gang member is a dangerous and abusive experience. The research also finds support for the glamorization of gangs and suggests that this is an integral factor in entering a relationship with a gang member. This study argues that prevention and intervention methods that aim to de-glamourize gangs are needed to deter young women from entering these relationships.Peer reviewe
GANG BOARD
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What's the gang wearing?: An exploratory and descriptive analysis of police gang uniforms
Get PDFPrevious studies on police uniforms have found uniform color and style continue to evolve as do the dynamics around police uniforms and citizen impression. Given no research has been done specifically on police gang unit uniforms, this study was exploratory and aimed to determine if there was a visual standard regarding the operational appearance of police gang unit uniforms in Canada and the United States. Using targeted and purposive sampling the researcher collected 64 samples of digital images containing police gang unit officers in uniform for content analysis. The analyzed data yielded quantitative statistics that were applied to the primary research question. These statistics found that police gang unit officers in Canada and the United States are most likely to deploy in a unit-specific police uniform, that is black in color, visually identifies as a gang unit (by patch or crest), and be wearing external body armor that is black in color. The researcher suggests the study’s findings be applied to further research to determine the potential implications police gang crime unit uniforms may have on citizen impression. All of which contributes to the ongoing debates around the militarization of the police.social constructionpolice gang unitgangsuniformpolice uniformuniform colormilitarizationArticle based on honours thesis by Colton Lazarowic
Community-based k-shell decomposition for identifying influential spreaders
No full textHow to identify the most influential nodes in a network for the maximization of influence spread is a great challenge. Known methods like k-shell decomposition determine core nodes who individually might be the most influential spreaders for the spreading originating in a single origin. However, these techniques are not suitable for determining multiple origins that together lead to the most effective spreading. The reason is that core nodes are often found to be located closely to each other, which results in large overlapping regions rather than spreading far across the network. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm, called community-based k-shell decomposition, by which a network can be viewed as multiple hierarchically ordered structures each branching off from the innermost shell to the periphery shell. To alleviate the overlap problem, our algorithm pursues a greedy strategy that preferably selects core nodes from different communities in the network, thus maximizing the joint influence of multiple origins. We systematically evaluate our algorithm against competing algorithms on multiple networks with varying network characteristics, and find that our algorithm outperforms other algorithms on networks that exhibit community structures, and the stronger communities, the better performance.</p
gang boards
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Firebreak gang
No full textNarrative account of the establishment, organization, and leadership of the "firebreak gang" who cleaned up scrap lumber, discarded building materials, and labored to clean up the construction debris around the Poston incarceration camp from June 27-September 14, 1942. The author discusses the background, education level, and describes workday situations that occurred during the period the group was employed. Collected during the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS).The Robert Billigmeier collection is comprised of materials collected during his work and stay at the Tule Lake incarceration camp conducting research for the University of California’s Japanese Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). The collection includes: photographs taken during his time at Tule Lake; a scrapbook created by students at Tule Lake in 1942; camp publications; reports and manuscripts; and student writings. Several of the reports and manuscripts draw from the personality cards written by students in the Tule Lake incarceration camp
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