Public Perceptions of Gangs: An Experimental Test of Nomenclature, Race/Ethnicity, Violence, and Organization

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James A. Densley David C. Pyrooz Jose Antonio Sanchez a School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, MN, USAb Department of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USAc Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USAJames A. Densley is a Professor and Department Chair of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Metropolitan State University. He is the author of nine books and editor of two more, including The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society (OUP, 2024).David C. Pyrooz is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the author of three books and editor of two more, including The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society (OUP, 2024).Jose Antonio Sanchez is an incoming assistant professor at Texas Christian University’s Department of Criminology and a Criminal Justice. In 2022, Jose was named a Ruth D. Peterson Fellow by the American Society of Criminology.

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