Gangs are viewed as an unsupervised group of youth that defines itself as a gang and develops its own norms and criteria for membership. Gang members are more responsive to peer socialization than to conventional agents of socialization, and the gang may become quasi - institutionalized (it may develop the capacity ... the reports of journalists and social workers and on the statements of male gang members. This paper considers the underlying reasons for female gang embers, examines how ethnicity and gender norms may influence female gang behavior, and discusses the long-term consequences of...

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