Assessing the Importance of the Operationalization of Gang Membership and Its Relationship with Risk Factors and Delinquency
Assessing the Importance of the Operationalization of Gang Membership and Its Relationship with Risk Factors and Delinquency
Charles M. Katz Hyunjung Cheon Kayla Freemon E.C. Hedberg a Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USAb The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX USAc DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USACharles M. Katz is the Watts Endowed Family Chair of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of the Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety at Arizona State University. His research focuses on policing, gangs, and comparative criminology.Hyunjung Cheon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her research focuses on race, ethnicity, crime and justice, policing, comparative criminology and criminal justice, and quantitative methods.Kayla R. Freemon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology at DePaul University. Her research interests surround accountability in the justice system with a focus on crime and justice in the Caribbean.Eric Christopher (E. C.) Hedberg is a faculty associate at the Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety at Arizona State University and is an accredited professional statistician by the American Statistical Association. He has authored or co-authored over 30 methodology-focused papers and books that have appeared in education, medical, and criminological journals, including a SAGE “little green” book on statistical power analysis.