Gender dynamics in youth gangs: A comparison of males' and females' accounts

By Jody Miller, Rod K. Brunson. 2000

139 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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In General Health Professions

1. Scott H. Decker
2. C. Melde
3. F. Esbensen
4. V. Webb
5. Terrance J. Taylor
6. J. Bolland
7. Dana Peterson
8. C. Katz

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Scott H. Decker
2. C. Melde
3. F. Esbensen
4. D. Pyrooz
5. V. Webb
6. J. Bolland
7. Terrance J. Taylor
8. Adrienne Freng

Citations in the corpus

• Assessing the Validity of Self-Reports by Gang Members: Results From the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program (2006, background): “37) noted, early albeit crude studies by researchers such as Porterfield (1946) and Wallerstein and Wylie (1947) demonstrated that self-report measures disclosed otherwise hidden delinquency, thereby establishing the value of the method for criminological research.”
• Similarities and Differences in Risk Factors for Violent Offending and Gang Membership (2009, unknown): “…the close associations 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,…”
• Gang membership and violent victimization (2004, background): “Early works--such as those conducted by Thrasher (1927) in the 1920s-focused primarily on descriptive accounts of the nature of gangs and gang activities.”
• Gang Membership, Gun Carrying, and Employment: Applying Routine Activities Theory to Explain Violent Victimization Among Inner City, Minority Youth Living in Extreme Poverty* (2008, background): “In fact, youths who join gangs experience greater violent victimization while in their gangs than they do before they join or after they leave” (813; see also Decker & Van Winkle, 1996; Esbensen & Huizinga, 1991; Miller & Brunson, 2000; Nurge, 2003).”
• Gang Membership and Adherence to the “Code of the Street” (2013, background): “Gangs also provide youth with an important sense of identity (Decker, 1996; Klein, 1971) and status (Cohen, 1955; Miller & Brunson, 2000; Short & Strodtbeck, 1965).”