Scott Decker: What we know about gangs and gang membership

Scott Decker, director of the ASU School of Criminology and Criminal Justice discusses his recent article published with Chris Melde and David Pyrooz. The article, titled "What Do We Know About Gangs and Gang Members and Where Do We Go From Here?" examines gang research over the past 20 years and where it should be heading.
You can view the article, published in Justice Quarterly, at: www.tandfonline...
Learn more at ccj.asu.edu/gangresearch

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Scott Decker is able to collect adequate information because he too possess gang attributes. Loyalty, courage and passion for his profession in hopes to create change. Unlike others who study us as lab mice and only see benefits of revenue from our mistakes and misfortunes.