Differences between Gang Girls and Gang Boys: Results from a Multisite Survey.

Esbensen, Finn-Aage; Deschenes, Elizabeth Piper; Winfree, L. Thomas, Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ594358

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Differences between Gang Girls and Gang Boys: Results from a Multisite Survey.

Esbensen, Finn-Aage; Deschenes, Elizabeth Piper; Winfree, L. Thomas, Jr.

Youth & Society, v31 n1 p27-53 Sep 1999

Uses data from a multisite evaluation with a sample of 5,935 eighth graders to explore the extent to which gang girls are similar to gang boys. Findings indicate that girls in gangs are involved in a full array of illegal activities as frequently as are boys. Girls report greater isolation from family and friends than do boys. (SLD)

Descriptors: Crime, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Juvenile Gangs, Sex Differences, Social Isolation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported by award No. 94-IJ-CX-0058 from the National Institute of Justice. Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (Albuquerque, NM, 1998).