Prevalence and Risk Factors of Gang Membership in a Brazilian Birth Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is no longitudinal evidence on risk factors for gang membership in low- and middle-income countries, despite organized crime groups posing major challenges, including high homicide rates in Latin America. Furthermore, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been largely overlooked in gang-related research worldwide.

Objectives

To examine the associations of ACEs up to 15 years of age with past-year gang membership at 18 years of age and to compare crime and criminal justice involvement between gang members and non-gang members.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study assessed children from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort-an ongoing population-based, prospective study. Assessments were undertaken perinatally (1993) and when the chi

SUBMITTER: Bauer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581666 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature