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The Drugs-Violence Nexus Among Mexican-American Gang Members

Avelardo Valdez Graduate School of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
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Charles D. Kaplan University of Houston, Houston, Texas; University Docent, Maastricht University
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Alice Cepeda Department of Sociology and Office for Drug and Social Policy Research, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Pages 109-121 | Published online: 08 Sep 2011

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Daniel Scott & Samantha Bennett. (2023) Gang Violence and Homicide: Do Select Factors that Police Report Contribute to Gang Violence, Specifically Predict Gang Homicide?. Deviant Behavior 44:2, pages 190-203.
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Kathryn M. Nowotny, Qianwei Zhao, Charles Kaplan, Alice Cepeda & Avelardo Valdez. 2016. Global Perspectives on Youth Gang Behavior, Violence, and Weapons Use. Global Perspectives on Youth Gang Behavior, Violence, and Weapons Use 159 173 .
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Avelardo Valdez, Alice Cepeda, Danielle Parrish, Rosalind Horowitz & Charles Kaplan. (2013) An Adapted Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Gang-Affiliated Mexican American Adolescents. Research on Social Work Practice 23:4, pages 383-396.
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Matthew D. Phillips. (2012) Assessing the Impact of Drug Use and Drug Selling on Violent Offending in a Panel of Delinquent Youth. Journal of Drug Issues 42:3, pages 298-316.
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