Extreme antisocial personality predicts gang membership, finds study based on survey of male prisoners
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 11:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Research into the 2011 London riots found they were mostly committed by antisocial persons, less than 20 percent of whom were explicitly gang members. This is because gang membership is primarily for the most antisocial of such persons. New research has identified extreme antisocial personality as a key reason why some criminals join gangs.
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