Young women and gang violence: Gender, street offending, and violent victimization in gangs

By Jody Miller, Scott H. Decker. 2001

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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Similarities and Differences in Risk Factors for Violent Offending and Gang Membership (2009, unknown): “…between violent offending and gang membership (e.g., Curry, Maxson, & Howell, 2001; Esbensen & Huizinga, 1993; Miller, 2001; Miller & Brunson, 2000; Miller & Decker, 2001; Peterson, Taylor, & Esbensen, 2004; Rosenfeld, Bray, & Egley, 1999; Thornberry, Krohn, Lizotte, Smith, & Tobin, 2003), we are…”
Gang Membership as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Violent Victimization (2007, background): “Fewer studies have explored the gang membership– victimization link, although a growing body of literature is being developed (J. Miller, 1998, 2001, 2002; J. Miller and Decker 2001; Peterson, Taylor, and Esbensen 2004; Savitz, Rosen, and Lalli 1980).”
Delinquent Gangs and Adolescent Victimization Revisited (2009, background): “For instance, Miller and Decker (2001) found that even stable or regular female gang members in a St. Louis, Missouri, sample had limited involvement in gang activities and thus lower rates of offending and victimization.”
Gangs and Violence: Disentangling the Impact of Gang Membership on the Level and Nature of Offending (2013, background): “In sum, gang research suggests that violence is a tool for acquiring, maintaining, and enhancing one’s status in the group (Hughes and Short, 2005; McGloin and Decker, 2010; Miller and Decker, 2001), and thus becoming gang involved may systematically induce violent behavior among those concerned wit”
Gang members, career criminals and prison violence: further specification of the importation model of inmate behavior (2004, background): “The gang–violence–guns nexus is so profound that the murder and violent crime rates of major cities, such as Chicago (Curry, 2000), Cleveland (Huff, 1998), Denver (Huff, 1998), Los Angeles (Howell & Decker, 1999), Miami (Inciardi & Pottieger, 1991), Milwaukee (Hagedorn, 1994) and St. Louis (Miller &”
“Harm as Harm” (2016, background): “…and girls are more likely than their male peers to enter gangs with a history of childhood victimization, particularly in the form of sexual abuse (Miller & Decker, 2001; Moore & Hagedorn, 2001; Petersen & Howell, 2013). girls also are more likely than boys to experience ongoing sexual…”