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Gang injunction, What's your function? Investigating the relationship between civil gang injunctions and gang associates' patterns of association

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The current study examines the influence of civil gang injunctions (CGIs) on the patterns of association among gang associates at the individual- and group-levels in East Los Angeles.

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  • Valasik, Matthew, 2025. "Gang injunction, What's your function? Investigating the relationship between civil gang injunctions and gang associates' patterns of association," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:96:y:2025:i:c:s0047235224001880
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102339
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    1. Valasik, Matthew, 2018. "Gang violence predictability: Using risk terrain modeling to study gang homicides and gang assaults in East Los Angeles," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 10-21.
    2. Gisela Bichler & Alexis Norris & Citlalik Ibarra, 2020. "Evolving Patterns of Aggression: Investigating the Structure of Gang Violence during the Era of Civil Gang Injunctions," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-19, November.
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    6. Valasik, Matthew & Gravel, Jason & Tita, George E. & Brantingham, P. Jeffrey & Griffiths, Elizabeth, 2023. "Territory, residency, and routine activities: A typology of gang member mobility patterns with implications for place-based interventions," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
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    1. Gravel, Jason & Bouchard, Martin, 2025. "The tangled history of social network analysis and gang research—A long way from Street Corner Society," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).

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