RT Article
T1 Girls in gangs
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 64
IS 13
SP 1698
OP 1717
A1 Auyong, Zenta E. Gomez
A2 Smith, Sven
A2 Ferguson, Christopher J.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1582582475
AB The existing literature on gangs has largely focused on boys from the United States. Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), this study investigated select individual, peer, and community risk factors that differentiate gang and nongang girls in the United Kingdom. We find that 48.3% of gang-involved youth were girls, and that gang girls commit more crime than nongang girls. Furthermore, girls who live in socially disorganized neighborhoods are more likely to be members of gangs. The current research suggests that focusing on girls’ community environments may be beneficial to reducing gangs in the United Kingdom.
K1 Gangs
K1 Girls and crime
K1 ALSPAC
K1 European gangs
K1 Risk factors
K1 Mädchen
K1 Kriminalität
DO 10.1177/0011128718763130