Urban youth gangs 
.... and to obtain protection. It is also reported that
gangs may form to increase sexual access to
females. Additional causes for gang ....
(1542
6
)
Gangs in the United States
....
Females join
gangs for the same reason that males join. .... Most of the
females gangs are counterparts to the male organization and exist as auxiliary units. ....
(2850
11
)
Gangs: Why People Join Them and the Typical Gang Member
.... As with younger gang members,
females are less likely to be involved in serious and violent crime. Demographically, the
gangs in suburban, small town and rural ....
(853
3
)
Youth Gangs in Detroit
.... Taylor impresses us as well with the violent and nihilistic mind-set of young
females who belong to
gangs or hang around with young males in
gangs. ....
(1591
6
)
Female Gang Activity in Georgia
....
Females in
gangs have been described as tomboys or sex objects that instigate fights between rival
gangs. .... 6. At what age are
females joining
gangs? ....
(2676
11
)
Gangs and Gang Delinquency Introduction Gangs
.... delinquents, would further identify the unique characteristics of
gangs. .... Systems-behavioral intervention with
females of delinquents: Therapist characteristics ....
(5604
22
)
Youth gang problem in California
.... An increasing number of
females among the Asian and Hispanic youth population are forming their own
gangs, unlike the traditional female role of being on the ....
(1716
7
)
The youth gang problem in Southern California
.... An increasing number of
females among the Asian and Hispanic youth population are forming their own
gangs, unlike the traditional female role of being on the ....
(1938
8
)
Female Juvenile Delinquents
....
Females are emotionally, psychologically, as well as physiologically different from males .... recent social advances, boys, especially those in
gangs, still want ....
(1386
6
)
Effects of Watching Violent Music on MTV This research was ...
.... glorifying violence, and gansta rap lyrics are often about street
gangs, sex, drug use .... Males and
females are equally portrayed as victims of violence, but males ....
(3658
15
)
Gang Risk Factors
Young males and
females are at risk for developing any number of behaviors or .... in delinquent acts are even more likely to become involved in
gangs than those ....
(488
2
)
Athletics & Youth
.... to avoid drugs and alcohol, further their education, stay out of
gangs and become .... Averitt 1-2). One of the biggest problems among adolescent
females is teen ....
(2012
8
)
The Handbook of Crime and Punishment
.... and justice or ones that are of increasing concern like youth
gangs and offenses .... more sophisticated and for higher stakes than are those committed by
females. ....
(1178
5
)
Violent Juvenile Crime
....
Females were involved in 27% of person offense cases in 1999, compared with 20% in 1990. .... A key index of youth violence is the phenomenon of youth
gangs and the ....
(1947
8
)
Relationships Between Drug Use & Crime
.... Males and
females arrested for stolen vehicles, robbery, and burglary also had high .... growing influence of a culture ruled by weapons, drugs, and
gangs, and by ....
(1105
4
)
The DARE Program and Community Policing
.... possibility DARE was effective with specific populations such as
females, urban residents .... their ability to help in the fight against drugs, violence, and
gangs. ....
(2750
11
)
Gang Prevention
.... low SES may live in poverty areas with violence and
gangs, and schools .... particularly helpful for those youths who face acculturation issues or
females who face ....
(4369
17
)
Central American Immigrant Population
.... In an effort to control for this possibility, all sample
females will be pre .... Street
gangs are rife in the poor areas where most Central American immigrants ....
(7068
28
)
The Issue of Youth Violence
.... Members of violent
gangs sometimes have unstable personalities. .... at least in young men; the correlation is not nearly so clear for
females (Kellerman, 1999, p ....
(2659
11
)
Effects of Divorce on Parent-Child Communication
.... and poorer quality levels of parent-child communication than were
females generally and .... and Child Alienation Young persons who join street
gangs are also ....
(2359
9
)
Connection Between Child Abuse & Delinquency
.... The conclusion is that precocious sexuality in
females was not to be tolerated on .... will affect the form of delinquency." Another view of delinquent
gangs can be ....
(3607
14
)
An Investigation of Youth Violence & Other Criminal Behaviors
.... In Los Angeles,
females comprise approximately 15 percent of the gang population. As with their male counterparts, girls who join
gangs usually suffer from ....
(8051
32
)
Abused Child and Delinquency
.... The conclusion is that precocious sexuality in
females was not to be tolerated on .... will affect the form of delinquency." Another view of delinquent
gangs can be ....
(3753
15
)
Central American Immigrants in California NATURE OF THE STUDY ...
.... In an effort to control for this possibility, all sample
females will be pre .... Street
gangs are rife in the poor areas where most Central American immigrants ....
(9248
37
)
Rising Violence in America
.... next highest rate is for those age 5-9 (0.66), and for all
females, the rate .... It has transformed
gangs into "families" which become surrogates for the real thing ....
(3405
14
)
Juvenile Violence and Demographics
.... Thus,
gangs in later onset jurisdictions included a greater proportion of juveniles .... Table 4 demonstrates that
females represented a much smaller proportion of ....
(8236
33
)
High School Dropout Problem
.... with the law, influenced adversely by peers, involved in
gangs, suspended from .... leave school, Rumberger reported that findings indicated that
females were more ....
(2571
10
)
High School Dropout Phenomenon
.... with the law, influenced adversely by peers, involved in
gangs, suspended from .... school, Rumberger (1983) reported that findings indicated that
females were more ....
(2606
10
)
Immigration NATURE OF THE STUDY Background of t
.... In an effort to control for this possibility, all sample
females will be pre .... Street
gangs are rife in the poor areas where most Central American immigrants ....
(9274
37
)
Violence in America
.... next highest rate is for those age 5-9 (0.66), and for all
females, the rate .... It has transformed
gangs into "families" which become surrogates for the real thing ....
(3492
14
)
