TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Bullying and gangs
JO  - International journal of adolescent medicine and health
A1  - White, Rob
A1  - Mason, Ron
SP  - 57
EP  - 62
VL  - 24
IS  - 1
N2  - Background: Although bullying is associated with gangs, questions arise as to whether bullying, as such, takes place within gangs. Objective: To provide a critical analysis of bullying as this pertains to youth gangs and especially to violence within gangs, and as applied to the behaviour of individual gang members. Study group: Young men between 12 and 25 years of age. Methods: Review of relevant literature with a view to theorising the nature of the relationship between bullying and violence within a youth gang context. Results: Bullying is associated with the reasons why individuals join gangs and with gang-related behaviour, but the violence within a gang is of a different character than that usually described by the term bullying. Conclusion: Bullying has implications for related and/or subsequent types of street violence, but is less relevant for descriptions of violence within a youth gang context as such.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0334-0139
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijamh.2012.008
ID  - ref1
ER  -