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Initial Research Article Summary and Analysis
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November 4, 2019
Initial Research Article Summary and Analysis
The article “Factors associated with youth gang membership in low- and middle-income countries” by Angela Higginson and peers discusses gang culture among deprived youth in both low and middle-income countries. This article represents sociology, considering the social issues that the authors investigate affecting this group.
Article Summary
The authors observe how the youth are involved in gang crimes that include violent crime and trafficking. They also note that there are specific factors that predict the probability of young people joining these criminal groups. As such, the article seeks to find the factors that cause youth from lean and middle-income nations to join youth gangs. To achieve this, Higginson and peers investigate five random countries including Turkey, China, El Salvador, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago as well as the Caribbean, where each study involves participants between the ages of 10 and 29. Findings show that chances of youth joining gangs mainly depend on family, community, school, individual, as well as peers, with each factor having its own significance.
The implications of what the article has to say related to my research question
The article confirms my assumption that youth solely join gangs for financial reasons, with poverty being the driving factor, and the need to make quick money. Youth from poor families barely have a good education, meaning that security well paying jobs only remains a dream. My research question was whether there are other factors that drive youth to joining gangs. As such, the article provides a perfect answer that shows that there are chances that youth may join and when they do, family, community, school, individual, as well as peers determine the success rate.
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