TY - BOOK ID - 137023798 TI - Research on Gang-Related Violence in the 21st Century AU - Valasik, Matthew AU - Reid, Shannon E. PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - street gangs KW - public health KW - Good Lives Model KW - intervention KW - prevention KW - gang KW - violence KW - incident reports KW - police data KW - drug markets KW - gangs KW - opioids KW - overdose KW - spatial concentration KW - generalized cross-entropy KW - street gang violence KW - civil gang injunctions KW - conflict network KW - social network analysis KW - social networks KW - crisis KW - organized crime KW - homicide KW - retaliation KW - gang homicide KW - comparative research KW - ethnography KW - gang violence KW - desistance KW - network composition KW - criminal behavior KW - homicide types KW - disaggregation KW - latent class analysis KW - shootings KW - social media KW - focused deterrence KW - n/a UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137023798 AB - Conflict, including the threat or fear of potential violence, or being witness to or a victim of physical violence, constantly surrounds gangs and their communities and is the principal driver sustaining gang life. This Special Issue examines the diverse nature of gang-related violence with the goal of better understanding the growing complexities of gang violence over the last two decades to better inform public policy solutions. The contributions included in this Special Issue highlight the complex nature of gang-related violence in the 21st Century. As much as policy makers, the media, and even scholars like to simplify gang-related violence, all of the studies included in this Special Issue highlight the nuance and variation that exists. ER -