The Schrödinger's Cat of Gang Groups: Can Street Gangs Inform Our Comprehension of Skinheads and Alt-Right Groups?. Issue 10 (3rd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Valasik, Matthew; Reid, Shannon E.
• Is Part Of: Deviant behavior. Volume 40:Issue 10(2019)
• Page Start: 1245
• Page End: 1259
• Publication Date: 2019-10-03
• Subjects: Deviant behavior -- Periodicals; 302.54205
• DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2018.1479916
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0163-9625

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Given the current political climate, the mainstreaming of Alt-Right groups, and growing public concern, this paper argues that gang scholars are well situated to investigate these Alt-Right groups and their members. Qualitative and quantitative data collected from youth incarcerated within California's Division of Juvenile Justice are used to examine the differences and similarities between a range of individual-level risk factors and group-level descriptors to better understand the overlap between members of racist skinhead/Alt-Right groups and street gangs. Findings highlight how closely aligned these two groups are across domains.