The Gender Composition of Gangs
[2023-09-10 11:29:19]
One of the least understood aspects of the American gang scene is the role of women in it. Most of the available research on this topic concluded that most gangs are mainly men, but the presence of women in the gang world is increasing
In the adolescents survey of each city, the proportion of self-identified female population ranged from 8% to 38%, and the proportion of women surveyed within the group population ranged from 9% to 22%. (Moore and Hagedorn, 2001, page)
In a survey of 5,935 8th grade students of 42 schools in 11 different cities, 617 teenagers self-rated their gang members. 38% of them were women. Researchers reported that "women's gang members committed the same crime as male gang members, but the frequency was somewhat lower" (Esbensen and Winfree, 1998).
The role of girls in the gangs is changing - they are younger, stronger, as fiercely as men, and sometimes even more. Even more uneasy is that after the child was born of gang mess and violence, he took over the legacy of the gang to another generation. It is estimated that the CCC [Chicago Crime Commission] is a small part of the entire gang, but it is estimated that 16,000 to 20,000 women gang members and colleagues are in Chicago (Chicago Crime Commission, 1999, page).
"The institution that responded to the 1998 national youth gang survey reported that women accounted for 8% of gang members (see Table 14 below)" (1998 National Youth Gang Study, 2000 , Page) In 1998, there were 840,500 gang members in the United States. In other words, there are possibilities that 67,240 women will participate in the gang. Look at this figure, and the Chicago Crime Commission estimates that there is a group of 16,000 to 20,000 women in Chicago alone, and the estimate of 67,240 may be conservative.
Women's gang members are increasingly interested in gangster researchers and those who wish to provide prevention and intervention programs to them. Their attention is good. Depending on the jurisdiction, women are increasingly participating in gang activities. As the data collected by the police is somewhat biased, most of the evidence is anecdotes. The police and the court are unlikely to blame members of the gangs for women, so there is a possibility that participation in gangs has not been adequately reported.
Contrary to previous surveys, most of women's groups have reported that they enjoy the same status as the male group. (Lurigio, et al., 1998) Women gang members experience bullying [at school] more than men, and there is a high possibility of engaging in bullying afterwards. (Holmes and Brandenburg-Ayres, 1998)
Gang killing is a sex crime. In this survey, women accounted for 6.8% of non-gang killers, but only 3.3% of gang killers were occupied. For the victim of gang killing, gender difference is greater - they are unbalanced men. In this non-group murder case other than a single victim, women were victims in 30.5% cases and women were only 6.7% of victims in group victims cases. In short, gang killing usually involves male murder.
As widely observed and written, once the socioeconomic factors are considered, the racial / ethnic composition of the community gang problem mostly reflects the racial / ethnic composition of the community itself. In the poorest areas, gangs tend to appear and attract vulnerable young people living in these areas naturally. Therefore, the argument on the racial / ethnic composition of the gang is mainly the discussion of socioeconomic variables in that field.
Racial and ethnic composition of gang members may be redefined as research expands to more representative samples of the general population. Esbensen and Lynskey (reporter) show that demographic data at the community level is reflected in the composition of youth groups, that is, the gang members are primarily Caucasians of the white community and African Americans are mainly African American It is a community. Traditional three dimensional gang members are urban