Essays about: "Worrall Smith"

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  1. 1. Mixing Methods in Mexico: Youth Gangs and Organized Crime in the “Structurally Maladjusted” areas of Monterrey

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Worrall Smith; [2013]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this investigation was to explore the processes that are perpetuating the proliferation of youth gangs in the poverty polygons of Monterrey, Mexico as well as to establish which specific factors attributable to these marginalized areas explain why some youth males join gangs while why other youth males from the same areas refrain from joining the gang. Furthermore, the investigation sought to investigate and test whether any true relationship exists between being a gang member and later involvement in organized crime. READ MORE