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Themes of Violence and Gang Youth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Barry Krisberg
Barry Krisberg*
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NCCD Research Center, San Francisco, California
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This paper will report on the results of interviews and observations conducted among 22 young gang-leaders in the city of Philadelphia. These research findings suggest a perspective on violence which appears in the writings of a number of third world authors which might be called, «Violence as a Public Issue. I first met the gang youth on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. They were about to begin a training program which was jointly sponsored by the University and the Young Great Society, a black community organization. The chief aim of the Urban Leadership Training Program (ULTP) was to train the gang leaders for careers in community service. It was hoped that the energies of gang youth could be channelled into positive neighborhood projects. My assignment was to provide an evaluation of the program, but, during the research period, my interest and concern were extended to include the subjects of gang delinquency, the effects of poverty, and other features of the community in which the gang lived.

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International Annals of Criminology , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , 1980 , pp. 9 - 18
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Copyright © 1980 International Society for Criminology

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