... 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 gang membership for females. Gangs are studied ... of pregnancy. Surprisingly, female gangs are somewhat more likely to be found in small cities and rural areas than in large cities. Their ethnicity varies from one region to another, with African American gangs predominant in the Midwest and Northeast and Latino gangs predominant in the southwest...

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... . The author used 137 participants from the data he collected. The participants were then matched to two individuals who were traditionally adjudicated. He matched his participants based on age, gender, ethnicity, criminal history, and the severity drug related offense. The final data set was compiled of 137 drug court participants and 274 traditionally adjudicated participants (Brown 2011). The author defined recidivism ... ...

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... that the more of these conditions a child is exposed to, the more likely the child will display criminal behaviour. While crime can be attributed to factors such as peer groups, ethnicity and gender, the psychological research seems to suggest the primary factors which bring about criminal behaviour lie with "nurture" rather than "nature". ...

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