Predictors of violence and delinquency among high risk youth and youth gang members in San Salvador,El Salvador

Abstract

Low future orientation, low empathy, educational difficulty, school expulsion, delinquent peers, gang membership, and low social support were found to be significant risk factors for violence and delinquency among a sample (N = 174) of high risk youth and youth gang members in San Salvador, El Salvador.

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Central America delinquency El Salvador gangs youth violence

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