blog navigation

Illinois Featured Content

blog posts

  • Study: Street gangs, crime serve as deviant leisure activities for youths

    May 29, 2017 10:00 am by Sharita ForrestResearch
    University of Illinois faculty members, from left, Kim Shinew, Liza Berdychevsky and Monika Stodolska are co-writing a series of papers that examine gang membership and criminal activity from the perspective of leisure science. The studies are based on interviews with former members of street gangs operating in Chicago and central Illinois.

    Images

    Study suggests gang membership, criminal acts often serve as deviant leisure activities, fulfilling young people’s needs for excitement, belonging and social support.

    stats

      additional actions