Female gangs

What's Sex (Composition) Got To Do With It? The Importance of Sex Composition of Gangs for Female and Male Members' Offending and Victimization

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

What's Sex (Composition) Got To Do With It? The Importance of Sex Composition of Gangs for Female and Male Members' Offending and Victimization

NCJ Number

255702

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

DOC

Gender Dynamics in Youth Gangs: A Comparison of Males' and Females' Accounts

Date Published

September 2000

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Race and Gender Differences Between Gang and Nongang Youths: Results From a Multisite Survey

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Female Gang Involvement

Date Published

1998

Publication Type

Literature Review

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Gang Membership and Substance Use: Guilt as a Gendered Causal Pathway

Date Published

March 2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Gender and Victimization Risk Among Young Women in Gangs

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Impact of Sex Composition on Gangs and Gang Member Delinquency

Date Published

May 2001

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Differences Between Gang Girls and Gang Boys: Results From a Multisite Survey

Date Published

1999

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GANG PARTICIPATION, DELINQUENCY, AND SUBSTANCE USE

Date Published

1993

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored, NIJ-Sponsored

There is no single definition of a gang, but there are a number of widely accepted criteria for classifying groups as gangs (Decker and Curry, 2003; Esbensen et al., 2001; Klein, 1995; Miller, 1992; Spergel, 1995). This review used the following criteria: (1) the group has three or more members, generally aged 12-24; (2) members share an identity, typically linked to a name and/or symbols...

National Gang Center Newsletter, Fall 2016

NCJ Number

250457

Date Published

December 2016

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

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National Gang Center Newsletter, Fall 2016

Date Published

December 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Gang Membership and Substance Use: Guilt as a Gendered Causal Pathway

NCJ Number

249381

Journal

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Date Published

March 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

HTML

Model Programs Guide Literature Review: Gang Prevention

Date Published

April 2014

Series

OJJDP Model Programs Guide Literature Reviews

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description, Literature Review

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

National Youth Gang Survey Trends From 1996 to 2000

Date Published

February 2002

Series

OJJDP Youth Gang Series

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

OJJDP

Highlights of the 1995 National Youth Gang Survey

Date Published

April 1997

Series

OJJDP Youth Gang Series

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

OJJDP

Does Religion Matter? A Study of the Impact of Religion on Female Incarcerated Gang Members in a Bible Belt State

NCJ Number

245993

Journal

Journal of Gang Research

Date Published

2014

Program Approaches for Girls in Gangs: Female Specific or Gender Neutral?

NCJ Number

244864

Journal

Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

December 2013

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Gangs in America III

NCJ Number

242286

Date Published

2001

Are You Down?: Power Relation and Gender Reconstruction Among Latina Gang Members in Los Angeles

NCJ Number

240928

Journal

Journal of Gang Research

Date Published

2012

Gangs in North Carolina: An Analysis of GangNET Data

NCJ Number

240136

Date Published

March 2012

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Hidden Behind the Gunfire: Young Women's Experiences of Gang-Related Violence

NCJ Number

240090

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

June 2012

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Role of School-Related Bonding Factors and Gender: Correlates of Gang Membership Among Adolescents

NCJ Number

239145

Journal

Women & Criminal Justice

Date Published

January 2012

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Canadian Female Gang Inmates: Risk, Needs, and the Potential for Prison Rehabilitation

NCJ Number

237592

Journal

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Date Published

2011

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