Social Networks, Co-offending, and Gang Membership Among Latino Youth

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meagan Cahill ◽  
Samantha S. Lowry ◽  
Pamela Lachman ◽  
Caterina Roman ◽  
Carlena Orosco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Latino Youth ◽  
Gang Membership

scholarly journals Changes in Personal Social Networks across Individuals Leaving Their Street Gang: Just What Are Youth Leaving Behind?

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Caterina G. Roman ◽  
Meagan Cahill ◽  
Lauren R. Mayes
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gang Membership ◽  
Street Gang ◽  
Personal Network ◽  
Crime Desistance ◽  
Network Composition ◽  
Desistance From Crime ◽  
Over Time

Despite a small but growing literature on gang disengagement and desistance, little is known about how social networks and changes in networks correspond to self-reported changes in street gang membership over time. The current study describes the personal or “ego” network composition of 228 street gang members in two east coast cities in the United States. The study highlights changes in personal network composition associated with changes in gang membership over two waves of survey data, describing notable differences between those who reported leaving their gang and fully disengaging from their gang associates, and those who reported leaving but still participate and hang out with their gang friends. Results show some positive changes (i.e., reductions) in criminal behavior and many changes toward an increase in prosocial relationships for those who fully disengaged from their street gang, versus limited changes in both criminal behavior and network composition over time for those who reported leaving but remained engaged with their gang. The findings suggest that gang intervention programs that increase access to or support building prosocial relationships may assist the gang disengagement process and ultimately buoy desistance from crime. The study also has implications for theorizing about gang and crime desistance, in that the role of social ties should take a more central role.

Multilayer Social Networks

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Dickison ◽  
Matteo Magnani ◽  
Luca Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Multilayer Social Networks

Hostility and Perceptions of Support in Ambiguous Social Interactions

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana-Maria Vranceanu ◽  
Linda C. Gallo ◽  
Laura M. Bogart
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Information Processing ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Processing Bias ◽  
Information Processing Bias

The present study investigated whether a social information processing bias contributes to the inverse association between trait hostility and perceived social support. A sample of 104 undergraduates (50 men) completed a measure of hostility and rated videotaped interactions in which a speaker disclosed a problem while a listener reacted ambiguously. Results showed that hostile persons rated listeners as less friendly and socially supportive across six conversations, although the nature of the hostility effect varied by sex, target rated, and manner in which support was assessed. Hostility and target interactively impacted ratings of support and affiliation only for men. At least in part, a social information processing bias could contribute to hostile persons' perceptions of their social networks.

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