The Schrödinger's Cat of Gang Groups

Can Street Gangs Inform Our Comprehension of Skinheads and Alt-Right Groups

Bibliographic Data

ID2153193
AuthorsMatthew Valasik (0000-0003-1909-2008, Louisiana State University, corresponding author), Shannon E Reid (0000-0002-4318-4271, Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA)
Year2019
Volume40
Issue10
Pages1245-1259
Publication date2019-10-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.2018.1479916
OpenAlexW2807610689
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited91

Given the current political climate, the mainstreaming of Alt-Right groups, and growing public concern, this paper argues that gang scholars are well situated to investigate these Alt-Right groups and their members. Qualitative and quantitative data collected from youth incarcerated within California's Division of Juvenile Justice are used to examine the differences and similarities between a range of individual-level risk factors and group-level descriptors to better understand the overlap between members of racist skinhead/Alt-Right groups and street gangs. Findings highlight how closely aligned these two groups are across domains

Comprehension · Criminology · Economic Justice · Geography · Juvenile delinquency · Linguistics · Mainstreaming · Political science · Politics · Situated · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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