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INTEGRATING GANG AND SCHOOL VIOLENCE THEORETICAL PARADIGMS
WITHIN CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS:
A STATEWIDE QUANTITATIVE EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL VARIABLES
ASSOCIATED WITH GANG MEMBERSHIP
by
Jose Nuñez Estrada Jr.
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(SOCIAL WORK)
December 2011
Copyright 2011 Jose Nuñez Estrada Jr.
Object Description
| Title | Integrating gang and school violence theoretical paradigms within California schools: a statewide quantitative examination of school variables associated with gang membership |
| Author | Estrada, Jose Nuñez., Jr. |
| Author email | jnestrad@usc.edu;jestrada@mail.sdsu.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Social Work |
| School | School of Social Work |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-08-11 |
| Date submitted | 2011-10-10 |
| Date approved | 2011-10-11 |
| Restricted until | 2011-10-11 |
| Date published | 2011-10-11 |
| Advisor (committee chair) |
Astor, Ron, A. Gilreath, Tamika |
| Advisor (committee member) | Sloane, David, C. |
| Abstract | To date, there is no empirical evidence that examines the associations between gang membership and school violence behaviors. Additionally, only a handful of convenient sample studies explore how school dynamics contribute to gang membership, school violence perpetration, and school victimization. Using a statewide representative sample of students from middle schools (7th grade) and high schools (9th and 11th grades) in California, this dissertation explores gang membership and its relationship to school violence perpetration and victimization. The first study focuses on the prevalence of gang membership by county, region, and grade level. It also examines predictors of gang membership from the individual, peer, and school domains. The second study examines a theoretical model of how school risk and school protective factors for middle school students mediate the effects of gang membership on school violence behaviors. The third study replicates the second study for high school students. The prevalence of gang membership is roughly 8.4% in California schools. Findings of the structural analyses suggest that the theoretical models were a good fit for the middle and high school samples. The structural models explain a large amount of the variance for school violence perpetration. Overall, the findings indicate that school risk factors mediate the association between gang membership and school violence behaviors. However, a multi-group test for measurement invariance reveals the latent school variables have different meanings for male and female students. Implications for gang and school violence theory, policy and practice, as well as recommendations for future research are discussed. |
| Keyword | gangs; school violence; school risk factors; school protective factors |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Estrada, Jose Nuñez., Jr. |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume71/etd-EstradaJos-324.pdf |
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| Full text | INTEGRATING GANG AND SCHOOL VIOLENCE THEORETICAL PARADIGMS WITHIN CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS: A STATEWIDE QUANTITATIVE EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH GANG MEMBERSHIP by Jose Nuñez Estrada Jr. A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (SOCIAL WORK) December 2011 Copyright 2011 Jose Nuñez Estrada Jr. |
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