Female Gang Involvement
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
- Vol. 35 (1) , 100-118
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427898035001004
Abstract
A review of the research literature on female gang involvement identifies three central research themes. These are the need for a feminist perspective, changes in the magnitude of the problem, and the degree to which membership can be a form of liberation. A research agenda is proposed that offers examples of how a common set of theoretical issues might guide studies of both male and female gang behavior.Keywords
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