Sobel, Russell S.; Osoba, Brian J. - In: Southern economic journal 75 (2009) 4, pp. 996-1018
gang activity and violent crime than is widely accepted. While areas with more gang activity also have more violence, our … governments, use violence to enforce rules, the net impact of gangs is to lower violent crime. We test this hypothesis and offer …We hypothesize the failure of government to protect the rights of individuals from violence committed by youths has led …