Collateral Effects of Gang Membership and Affiliation for Adolescent Females and Males

• In Event: Gender in a Criminological Context: Understanding Gender Differences in Behaviors, Attitudes, and Identity

Abstract

Involvement with gangs has far-reaching effects on young people, not just those in gangs, but those around them, and these effects can differ by gender. Using self-report data from students in a multi-site evaluation of the G.R.E.A.T. program, this study examines attitudes and behaviors of female and male adolescents who report being members of gangs, those who report varying levels of affiliation, and those with no gang ties.

Authors

• Dana Peterson, University at Albany, SUNY

• Vanessa Panfil, Old Dominion University

• Yu Gao, Florida State University