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Journal articles on the topic "Female gang members"

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Hunt, Geoffrey P., Karen Joe-Laidler, and Kristy Evans. "The Meaning and Gendered Culture of Getting High: Gang Girls and Drug Use Issues." Contemporary Drug Problems 29, no. 2 (June 2002): 375–415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009145090202900207.

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This paper explores drug use in the lives of female gang members. Gang researchers have traditionally neglected the roles that females play in street gangs. More recent efforts have begun to examine the social life of young women and to uncover the extent to which the women develop a subculture within a male-dominated environment. In analyzing the culture of drug use in gang life, we uncover the extent to which women use illicit drugs in a highly gendered way. We focus on the ways in which female gang members use drugs in a recreational manner, in a social setting where drug taking is normative behavior. Data for this paper are drawn from an ongoing study of street gangs in the San Francisco Bay area in which 168 female gang members were interviewed using both a quantitative and a qualitative interview schedule.
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Alleyne, Emma, and Elizabeth Pritchard. "Psychological and behavioral characteristics differentiating gang and non-gang girls in the UK." Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice 2, no. 2 (June 13, 2016): 122–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcrpp-05-2015-0017.

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Purpose – Research has demonstrated that girls are involved in gangs as members and affiliates. However, the psychological processes related to female gang membership has, to date, not been examined using a rigorous comparative design. The purpose of this paper is to assess whether female gang members exhibit distinct psychological and behavioral features when compared to female non-gang youth. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 117 female students were recruited from all-girls’ secondary schools in London, UK. Gang members (n=22; identified using the Eurogang definition) were compared to non-gang youth (n=95) on self-report measures of criminal activity, sexual activity, self-esteem, anti-authority attitudes, their perceived importance of social status, and hypermasculinity, using a series of MANCOVAs. Findings – The results found that gang members reported significantly more criminal activity, sexual activity, unwanted sexual contact, and held more anti-authority attitudes when compared to their non-gang counterparts. Practical implications – These findings support Pyrooz et al.’s (2014) findings that gang membership contributes to the theoretical conceptualization of the victim-offender overlap. Practitioners need to take this into consideration when working with female gang members. Originality/value – There is very little research that explicitly examines the characteristics of female gang members with suitable comparison groups. This study adds to the growing literature on female involvement in gangs and highlights the distinct psychological and behavioral characteristics of this group. In summary, these findings support the notion that female gang members are both at risk of being sexually exploited and engaging in criminal activities.
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Hagedorn, John M., Jose Torres, and Greg Giglio. "Cocaine, kicks, and strain: patterns of substance use in Milwaukee gangs." Contemporary Drug Problems 25, no. 1 (March 1998): 113–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009145099802500106.

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This study describes the patterns of substance use by male and female gang members in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from their teenage years in the 1980s into adulthood. Milwaukee gangs started out as one form of neighborhood-based drug-using peer group. There was much variation in drug use, and family variables explained little of the variation. Male gang members raised in families with a history of gang involvement and drug use were more likely than other gang members to use cocaine and to use it seriously. On the other hand, severe family distress was not related to onset, duration, or seriousness of cocaine use in either males or females. Cocaine use for both males and females increased in adulthood. It appears that the etiology of adult and adolescent drug use may differ. Neither social control theory nor differential association theory is well suited to explain the variations in gang drug use by age or gender.
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Chalas, Dawn Marie, and Jana Grekul. "I’ve Had Enough: Exploring Gang Life From the Perspective of (Ex) Members in Alberta." Prison Journal 97, no. 3 (May 11, 2017): 364–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032885517705312.

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Administrators and frontline workers in correctional centers and in the community search for effective gang prevention and intervention programs. To this aim, semistructured interviews with 175 male and female adult (ex) gang members in correctional centers and community corrections exploring a range of topics were conducted. Presented here is an overview of the childhood experiences of the sample, gang experiences, and prevention and intervention strategies identified as helpful by participants. Street–prison gang connections and the impact of gang desistance are explored, as is the influence of local context on the types of gangs and the implications for programming.
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Lanctôt, Nadine, and Marc LeBlanc. "Les adolescentes membres des bandes marginales : un potentiel antisocial atténué par la dynamique de la bande ?" Criminologie 30, no. 1 (August 16, 2005): 111–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/017400ar.

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The goal of this article is to improve our knowledge concerning the social and personal characteristics of the female gang members. Data have been collected from 150 girls who were convicted by the juvenile court of Montreal during 1992 and 1993. The analysis shows that girls who join gangs have serious handicaps which are related to their social adaptation, their personality and their deviant and delinquent conducts. Consequently, female gang membership responds to a selection process, as it does with the male membership. The profile of the female also changes depending on the structure of the gang to which they join. As the gang becomes more organized, the girls' personality gets worst. However, the context of the organized gangs seems to limit the girls to auxiliary roles rather then being an opportunity to discharge their antisocial potential.
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Gutierrez-Adams, Erin, Desdamona Rios, and Kim A. Case. "Female Gang Members Negotiating Privilege, Power, and Oppression within Family and Gang Life." Women & Therapy 43, no. 3-4 (May 13, 2020): 287–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02703149.2020.1729474.

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Schram, Pamela J., and Larry K. Gaines. "Comparing the Effects of Treatment on Female Juvenile Gang and Non-Gang Members." Women & Criminal Justice 18, no. 4 (April 1, 2007): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08974450802095937.

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Gagnon, Analisa. "Extending Social Learning Theory to Explain Victimization Among Gang and Ex-Gang Offenders." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 62, no. 13 (March 19, 2018): 4124–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624x18763761.

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This study is among the first to extend and test social learning theory’s ability to understand property and violent victimization. It specifically tests whether aspects of definitions, differential reinforcement, and differential association/modeling can explain the three types of victimization of gang members: actual experience, perception of likelihood, and fear. The sample consists of over 300 male and female gang members incarcerated in jails throughout Florida. The results show that all three types of victimization can be explained by the three aspects of social learning theory.
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Ibarraran Bigalondo, Amaia. "Wolves, sheep and "vatos locos" : reflections of gang activity in Chicano literature." Journal of English Studies 4 (May 29, 2004): 107. http://dx.doi.org/10.18172/jes.90.

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The difficult social and economical reality of many barrios in the city of Los Angeles, and the outgrowing anger provoked by this situation in many Chicano youngsters, has resulted in the emergence of a strong gang activity. Violence, crime and a deep sense of frustration lead the lives of the members of these groups, who, in an attempt to fight a system that does not count on them, choose to live the dark side of life. The gang, albeit its highly hierarchical system of organization, becomes the safe haven in which these angry young Chicanos seek for shelter and protection, in an often self-destructive way. Always Running (1993) by Luis J. Rodriguez and Locas (1997), by Yxta Maya Murray, expose the extreme and harsh existence of Chicano gangs, its internal and external fights for power, and the subsequent fatal consequences that these often provoke upon its members. The different visions of gang life, symbolized by their male and female protagonists, respectively, offer a rough, though extremely human vision of the dark side of the barrio.
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Sutton, Tara E. "The lives of female gang members: A review of the literature." Aggression and Violent Behavior 37 (November 2017): 142–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2017.10.001.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Female gang members"

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Ford, Champagne Monique. "Examining the effects of abuse on girls in gangs." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3397.

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The purpose of this study is to encourage further study and attention to girls that are at high risk of becoming members of a gang. The more that can be learned about this group the more can be done to implement appropriate policies and programs to effectively target and assist this population. This study is based on an existing data set that profiled the needs and characteristics of girls that were incarcerated May 1996 at a California Youth Authority facility in Ventura, now called The Division of Juvenile Justice.
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"Assessing the Treatment Needs of Female Juvenile Gang Members: An Exploratory Study." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14710.

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abstract: The research on female juvenile gang members is limited in scope and research has not yet examined mental health issues in this population. This study examines the case histories of 127 female juvenile gang members who were arrested by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. To add to the limited gender-specific research on female juvenile gang members, data are presented regarding this population's mental health problems, childhood maltreatment, substance abuse problems, age of contact with the juvenile justice system, and other factors salient to female juvenile gang members' prevention, treatment, and intervention needs. Female juvenile gang members who had a mental health diagnosis were significantly more likely to report childhood maltreatment. Female juvenile gang members who were younger at their age of first arrest were significantly more likely to report chronic substance use. Clinical levels of anger-irritability and depression-anxiety were found for approximately half of female juvenile gang members and suicide ideation was found for approximately one fourth. These findings have important implications for practitioners and gender-specific prevention, intervention, and treatment programs targeted specifically for female juvenile gang members.
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Piquette, Jenny C. "Exploring the Effects of Friendship on Risky Sexual Behavior: A Look at Female Gang Members." 2013. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1148.

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Gang membership is associated with increased exposure to risky behaviors, including violent victimization and other negative health outcomes (Krohn and Thornberry 2008; Howell and Decker 1999) Using a sample of 74 African American female gang members from Champaign IL, this study explores the association between gang friendships and risky sexual behavior, specifically the number of sexual partners an individual has had. I argue that gang friendship networks are proxies for risky behavior and this may extend into the realm of sexual health as well. Understanding the effect of friendship may help to explain an individual’s propensities towards risky sexual behavior above and beyond individual level attributes, as friendship has been linked to peer influence. I will examine three main research questions. (1) What is the broad effect of friendship on sexual risk taking among female gang members? (2) How does gang affiliation alter the effect of friendship? and (3) How does the effect of friendship differ based on the strength of the tie? Findings suggest that friendship networks have a strong prediction effect on number of sexual partners amongst gang women in my sample, but varies based on type of friendship and strength of tie. Results suggest that affiliated gang friends increase the likelihood of having more sexual partners, whereas non-affiliated and non-gang friends decrease this likelihood. When disaggregated, the strength of the relationship is significant.
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Books on the topic "Female gang members"

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Desmond, Pip. Trust: A true story of women and gangs. Auckland, N.Z: Random House New Zealand, 2009.

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Trust: A true story of women and gangs. Auckland, N.Z: Random House New Zealand, 2009.

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Pública, Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas Instituto Universitario de Opinión. Segundos en el aire: Mujeres pandilleras y sus prisiones. San Salvador: Instituto Universitario de Opinión Pública, Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas", 2010.

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Metamorphosis: The butterfly experience. California]: SEP Publishing, 2016.

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One of the guys: Girls, gangs, and gender. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.

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Chyna. How I escaped a girl gang. London: Coronet, 2012.

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Bonham, Eve. U kresu dnia. Warszawa: Prószyński i S-ka, 2012.

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Cunha, Anna Lúcia, and Miriam Abramovay. Gangues, gênero e juventudes: Donas de rocha e sujeitos cabulosos. Brasília: Presidência da República, Secretaria de Direitos Humanos, 2010.

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Lay it down 2: Forced to kill. Pine Lake, GA: Lock Down Publications, 2016.

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Logan, Samuel. This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha. New York: Hyperion, 2009.

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Book chapters on the topic "Female gang members"

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Campbell, Anne. "Girls' Talk The Social Representation of Aggression by Female Gang Members." In Gangs, 373–90. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351157803-21.

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Cepeda, Alice, Esmeralda Ramirez, Jessica Frankeberger, Kathryn M. Nowotny, and Avelardo Valdez. "Nondisclosure of IPV Victimization among Disadvantaged Mexican American Young Adult Women." In Latinas in the Criminal Justice System, 60–80. NYU Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479804634.003.0004.

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As gang activity in the United States continues to steadily increase, adolescents and young adults living in low-income neighborhoods are at disproportionate risk for violence offending and victimization. As research on youth violence has generally focused on males, scholars know much less about the females in these contexts who are particularly vulnerable to intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization given their connection with delinquent gang-involved young men. For these adolescent females, their victimization experiences are established and reinforced by the street-oriented gang environment to which they have been exposed. Further, scholars know very little about the nature, extent, and patterns of these young victims’ help-seeking behaviors. Research indicates that for Latinas, rates of disclosing victimization and underutilization of services are affected by cultural factors including gender roles, belief in preserving the family unit, shame, and patriarchal structures. Nevertheless, the extent of what scholars know about Latina victims remains limited. Using data from a fifteen-year longitudinal study of Mexican American women who were affiliated with male gang members as adolescents, the authors highlight young Latina women’s help-seeking response (social, legal, and health services) to their victimization experiences.
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Hrabowski, Freeman A., Kenneth I. Maton, Monica Greene, and Geoffrey L. Greif. "Successful African American Young Women and Their Families." In Overcoming the Odds. Oxford University Press, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195126426.003.0004.

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When we read or hear about young African American women in our society, we usually find that the emphasis is on problems—from welfare and teenage pregnancy to violence and drugs. Rarely do the media focus on the success of young Black girls in school or of African American women in professional careers. For example, despite the fact that the nation’s teenage pregnancy rates have steadily declined since 1991, and that the majority of the nation’s pregnant teenagers are not Black, it is common nevertheless for the American public immediately to associate the expression, "babies having babies," with young Black girls. This association is largely created and reinforced by images presented in the media of young African American women in trouble, either as unwed mothers or, in more recent years, as gang members. Less well known are the significant accomplishments and value of African American women and the enormous role they can, and do, play in our nation. Consider the prose of Nobel Prize-winning writer Toni Morrison, and the courageous voice of one of America’s most eloquent child-advocates, Marian Wright Edelman. African American women are achieving at the highest of professional levels, from college presidencies to cabinet posts. Consider, for example, the appointments of Dr. Shirley Jackson, a physicist and the first African American female to earn a Ph.D. in any field at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, one of America’s major technological universities, or of Dr. Condoleezza Rice as the President’s National Security Advisor. Notwithstanding these positive accomplishments, most Americans— Black and White—still know very little about these high achievers. Increasingly, entertainers—both women and men—send mixed signals to young Black girls about who they should aspire to become as they move toward womanhood. Often, these images, which tend to be unflattering and even at times degrading, focus on a culture that is excessively influenced by glamour, sex, and violence. In Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher discusses the powerful influence of the media in shaping girls’ definitions of themselves through teen magazines, advertisements, music, television, and movies.
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Astor, Ron, and Rami Benbenishty. "Analysis and Presentation." In Mapping and Monitoring Bullying and Violence. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190847067.003.0018.

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When school leaders begin collecting more data and feedback from multiple groups or receive the results of statewide surveys, the information might at first create more confusion than clarity about the needs within a school. It is important to have an organized way of looking at the data, either by asking for specific answers from those providing the data or by developing a plan to analyze the collected data. The questions can be organized under several rubrics. Feedback can be used to assess how the school is doing on a range of issues, as mentioned in earlier chapters. These include questions such as: How many students reported being victimized last month? What were the types of victimization? What do students think about their social- emotional skills, such as their ability to deal with interpersonal conflict? How satisfied are parents with teachers’ performance? How safe do teachers feel? Are there differences in the victimization of students in different grade levels? Are female students vulnerable to certain types of victimization more than males? Do first-generation students feel welcomed in schools more or less than do second- generation immigrant students? Do teachers in the district feel safer than administrators? Do military- connected parents feel less respected than other parents? Are hallways safer than playgrounds or other outside areas? Are there fewer weapon- related incidents than in previous years? Do students engage in risk behaviors less than in the past? Do teachers think that students have better social-emotional skills? Do staff members feel more supported by school leaders than they did in the last survey? Are parents engaged in school activities more than they were last year? Sometimes educators are concerned that although positive changes did take place in school, they may have not been uniform, and some groups did not make the same progress as others. For instance, although overall there are fewer incidences of substance use in school, changes may have been less evident among gang- affiliated students. Other comparisons can be made between groups that received certain interventions or participated in a school safety program and those that did not.
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