The involvement of secondary school students in gang and gangsterism

Citation

Suppiah, Veera Sundari and Othman, Jamilah and Ismail, Ismi Arif (2013) The involvement of secondary school students in gang and gangsterism. In: International Conference on Youth 2013 (ICYOUTH 2013), 29-31 Oct. 2013, Mines Wellness Hotel, Sri Kembangan, Selangor. .

Abstract

Gang membership among juveniles has become a major issue over the past few years in the country. Hence, the aim of this study is to identify the factors that encourage youth to be involved into gangs and gangsterism. A qualitative approach using observation, open-ended interview, focus group, semi structured interview and narratives were carried out to obtain the data. The findings revealed a number of pull factors that contribute to youth involvement into gangs and gangsterism. It is recommended that a holistic approach involving parents, school and the public are important in curbing gangsterism among youth.

Download File

Text
ICYOUTH2013-9.pdf
Restricted to Repository staff only
Download (65kB)

Additional Metadata

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions:	Institute for Social Science Studies
Publisher:	Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Keywords:	Gang; Gangsterism; Youth
Depositing User:	Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited:	17 Jan 2019 01:17
Last Modified:	17 Jan 2019 01:17
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65057
Statistic Details:	View Download Statistic

Actions (login required)

View Item