Accession Number:

ADA343571

Title:

Study of Navy and Marine Corps Prison Inmates Affiliated with Gangs and Extremist Groups: Trends and Issues for Enlistment Screening

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Tierney, Kathryn E.

Report Date:

1998-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

168.0

Abstract:

This thesis examines self-identified gang members and extremists incarcerated in Navy and Marine Corps brigs and disciplinary barracks. Information was gathered from interviews conducted with inmates. The interviews focused on several key issues, including reasons for enlisting in the Navy and Marine Corps truthfulness with recruiters concerning certain illegal activities prior to enlistment, including juvenile arrests and convictions the nature and severity of crimes for which members were convicted, including links with gangs or extremist groups and reasons for lack of assimilation and acculturation into military service. This thesis also provides background information on present enlistment screening procedures, current Department of Defense policies concerning gangs and extremist groups, and demographic data on the characteristics of self-admitted gang members who are incarcerated in a Navy brig. Common themes that emerged from the interviews are presented, and selected summaries are included in an appendix. In addition, the study examines enlistment screening procedures for identifying applicants who have gang or extremist group affiliations, and recommends a number of areas for farther research.

Descriptors:

• *NAVAL PERSONNEL
• *MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL
• *PRISONS
• RECRUITING
• THESES
• NAVAL RESEARCH
• PERSONNEL SELECTION
• CRIMES

Subject Categories:

• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE