RT Article
T1 Toward a multiracial feminist framework for understanding females’ gang involvement
JF Journal of crime and justice
VO 40
IS 3
SP 337
OP 357
A1 Peterson, Dana
A2 Panfil, Vanessa R.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1727732863
AB Despite growing interest in the gang involvement of girls and young women, tools with which to understand the experiences leading them to gangs remain fragmented. This article draws from existing gang theories and research on gendered pathways to illustrate the utility of a unified conceptual framework, particularly, one grounded in multiracial feminism. We explain what the primary components of such an integrated, life-course framework should be. Specifically, our framework attempts to account for multi-level influences: macro-level interlocking systems of inequality such as racialization and heteronormativity; interpersonal interactions in meso-level proximal spheres such as neighborhoods, families, schools, and peer groups; and micro-level processes of situated action, such as identity negotiation and agency within the context of constrained choice. We argue that our proposed conceptual framework will allow for more nuanced and complex understandings of females’ gang involvement.
K1 Females
K1 Agency
K1 Conceptual Framework
K1 Gang
K1 Gender
K1 Identity
K1 Intersectionality
K1 Life-course
K1 Multiracial feminism
K1 Theory
DO 10.1080/0735648X.2017.1341970