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The impact of sex composition on gangs and gang member delinquency
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In this paper, the authors examined whether gang members' sex composition influenced their characterizations of their gangs and their individual participation in delinquency, and found that sex composition, independent of sex itself, is important in shaping the norms and activities of gang members and their members.Abstract:
Sociology of organizations scholars have long recognized sex and gender as key features shaping interactional dynamics within groups, and several recent qualitative studies suggest that sex composition of gangs helps shape the gang experience for both boys and girls. Quantitatively, we add to this scant literature by testing competing hypotheses from the theories of Kanter, Blau, and Blalock, and examining whether youth gangs' sex composition influences members' characterizations of their gangs and their individual participation in delinquency. Our findings suggest that sex composition, independent of sex itself, is important in shaping the norms and activities of gangs and their members.read more
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Gender and Crime
TL;DR: A review of gender and crime that appeared in the Annual Review of Sociology (1996) highlights important insights that have emerged in this work as mentioned in this paper, and it considers how this work might be further enriched by drawing on sociological theories that can address how gendered lives shape the impetus and opportunities for offending.
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What Do We Know About Gangs and Gang Members and Where Do We Go From Here
TL;DR: There has been a dramatic increase in research on gang, gang members, and gang behavior since the early 1990s, making this review especially timely as discussed by the authors, which provides an opportunity to assess the current state of gang research and suggest directions for its future.
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Self-Control and Deviant Peer Network Structure:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed three hypotheses about self-control's potential role in deviant peer structure: it may underlie and explain the (spurious) relationship between deviant peers or peer structure and delinquency, be partially exogenous to deviant learners and deviant adolescents, and moderate the effects of deviant teenagers and their peer structure.
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Policy and intervention considerations of a network analysis of street gangs
TL;DR: In this paper, a network analysis of the street gang landscape in Newark, New Jersey was performed using individual gang members as the unit of analysis and multiple layers of associations as the linkages within the networks.
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Understanding the Black Box of Gang Organization: Implications for Involvement in Violent Crime, Drug Sales, and Violent Victimization
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of gang organization on several behavioral measures was examined using interview data from juvenile detention facilities in three Arizona sites, and the relationship between gang organizational structure and involvement in violent crime, drug sales, victimization, and arrest was examined.
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