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Title: Neighborhood Disadvantage, Gang Membership, Drug Dealing and Violence
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Bellair, Paul E. McNulty, Thomas L. |
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Neighborhood Disadvantage, Gang Membership, Drug Dealing and Violence Presented: Washington, DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference, May 29-30, 2008. Also: http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/Research/conferences/NLSYConf/pdf/Bellair_Neighborhood_Disadvantage.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Behavior, Violent; Census of Population; Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Disadvantaged, Economically; Geocoded Data; Neighborhood Effects; Socioeconomic Background A prominent perspective in the gang literature suggests that gang member involvement in drug selling does not necessarily increase violent behavior. In addition it is unclear from previous research whether neighborhood disadvantage strengthens that relationship. We address those issues by testing hypotheses regarding the confluence of gang membership, drug selling, and violent behavior in socio-economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. A three-level hierarchical model is estimated from the first five waves of the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, matched with block-group characteristics from the 2000 U.S. Census. Results indicate that (1) gang members who sell drugs are significantly more violent than gang members that don't sell drugs and drug sellers that don't belong to gangs; (2) drug sellers that don't belong to gangs and gang members who don't sell drugs engage in comparable levels of violence; and (3) neighborhood disadvantage intensifies the effect of gang membership on violence, especially among gang members that sell drugs. |
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Bellair, Paul E. and Thomas L. McNulty. "Neighborhood Disadvantage, Gang Membership, Drug Dealing and Violence." Presented: Washington, DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference, May 29-30, 2008. |