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    Exploring factors that gravitate youth towards gang involvement in the Paarl East community
    (University of the Western Cape, 2021) Adams, Jodie Marcelle; Van der Westhuizen, M
    Youth gang involvement has been noted as a concern in the Paarl East community. This study was based on an identified need to inform social work services aimed at prevention from or early intervention in youth involvement in gangs on the causal factors thereof. The study was framed within the Ecological Systems Theory to identify causal factors within each system in youths’ lives. It was envisaged that, by addressing these causes, youth can be empowered and supported to make alternative life choices. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the contributing factors for youth gang involvement in the Paarl East community in order to make recommendations for preventative and early intervention social work practice. A qualitative approach was followed, and the explorative and contextual research designs supported the choices of research methods in this study. The purposive sampling technique was used to draw a sample from the population of youth living the Paarl East community. Data was collected through individual semi-structured interviews with eight participants. Criteria of credibility, dependability, transferability, conformability, and reflexivity were used to ensure data verification. Ethics in this study entailed the limitation of harm to participants and debriefing, informed consent, anonymity, confidentiality, privacy, and data management.
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    Exploring factors that gravitate youth towards gang involvement in the Paarl East community
    (University of the Western Cape, 2021) Adams, Jodie Marcelle; Van der Westhuizen, M
    Youth gang involvement has been noted as a concern in the Paarl East community. This study was based on an identified need to inform social work services aimed at prevention from or early intervention in youth involvement in gangs on the causal factors thereof. The study was framed within the Ecological Systems Theory to identify causal factors within each system in youths’ lives. It was envisaged that, by addressing these causes, youth can be empowered and supported to make alternative life choices. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the contributing factors for youth gang involvement in the Paarl East community in order to make recommendations for preventative and early intervention social work practice. A qualitative approach was followed, and the explorative and contextual research designs supported the choices of research methods in this study. The purposive sampling technique was used to draw a sample from the population of youth living the Paarl East community. Data was collected through individual semi-structured interviews with eight participants. Criteria of credibility, dependability, transferability, conformability, and reflexivity were used to ensure data verification. Ethics in this study entailed the limitation of harm to participants and debriefing, informed consent, anonymity, confidentiality, privacy, and data management.