In this paper, we present a series of experiments in which we analyze the usage of graffiti style features for signaling personal gang identification in a large, online street gangs forum, with an accuracy as high as 83% at the gang alliance level and 72% for the specific gang. We then build on that result in predicting how members of different gangs signal the relationship between their gangs ...

Gang scheduling is currently the most popular scheduling scheme for parallel processing in a time shared environment. One major drawback of using gang scheduling is the problem of fragmentation. The conventional method to alleviate this problem is to allow jobs running in multiple time slots. However, our experimental results show that simply applying this method alone cannot solve the problem ...

Youth gang activity is on the rise again since declining from its peak in the early 2000s. We focus on contagion of youth gang membership and delinquency among adolescents who are at risk to peer pressure by creating an epidemiological model with differential equations. The model seeks to examine dynamics of the system through stability analysis. A tipping point that spreads youth gang activity...

This study assessed the correlates of self-control and police contact in a sample of Chicago public high school students. The investigation examined the effects of parental attachment/identification, family structure, and peer association on self-control and the effects of parental attachment/identification, family structure, peer association, and self-control on police contact. Differences bet...

Sebagai bagian dari arsitektur vernakular, kampung-kampung di Indonesia mulai ditonjolkan dan didukung pemerintah untuk saling berkompetisi dengan beragam aktivitas sosialnya yang mendukung perekonomian wilayah, baik kota maupun desa. Kampung Made, Maspatih, Peneleh wilayah urban Surabaya menjadi obyek amatan karena memiliki keunikan jenis kegiatan interaksi sosial serta potensi keberlanjutanny...

Title of Document: FEMALE GANG MEMBERS AND DESISTANCE: MOTHERHOOD AS A POSSIBLE EXIT STRATEGY? A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FLEISHER AND KRIENERT (2004) Jennifer Anne Varriale, Master of Arts, 2006 Directed By: Professor Shawn Bushway, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice This study sought to evaluate differential gang processes as they vary by gender through a quantitative analysis of ...