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Direct linkFleisher, Mark S.; Krienert, Jessie L. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2004
Using data gathered from a multi-year field study, this article identifies specific life-course events shared by gang-affiliated women. Gangs emerge as a cultural adaptation or pro-social community response to poverty and racial isolation. Through the use of a social-network approach, data show that violence dramatically increases in the period…
Descriptors: Females, Pregnancy, Birth, Empowerment
