Gang membership and violent victimization

By Dana Peterson, Terrance J. Taylor, F. Esbensen. 2004

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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What Do We Know About Gangs and Gang Members and Where Do We Go From Here? (2013, background): “This problem is exacerbated by the common finding that the average youth gang career in panel samples appear to last less than two years (see Esbensen & Huizinga, 1993; Hill, Lui, & Hawkins, 2001; Peterson et al., 2004; Pyrooz, Sweeten, & Piquero, 2012, p. 23; Thornberry et al., 2003).”
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): “Peterson et al. (2004) argued that victimization results from proactive or retaliatory attacks from rival gang members, assaults from members of one’s own gang as part of hazing rituals, or as punishment for disobeying gang rules.”
Delinquent Gangs and Adolescent Victimization Revisited (2009, background): “Ironically, despite the increased risk of victimization that arises from gang involvement, a longitudinal study of youths selected from 7 U.S. cities found that between 28% and 57% of self-identified gang members indicated that they joined gangs for protection (Peterson et al., 2004).”
“Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop”: Self-Control, Risky Lifestyles, and Repeat Victimization (2012, background): “An indicator of respondents’ gang membership at time 1 is also included, which is associated with increased victimization and involvement in risky behaviors (1 = currently in a gang; 0 = not currently in a gang) (Peterson et al. 2004; Pyrooz and Decker 2012; Taylor et al. 2007).”
Something Old, Something New: Revisiting Competing Hypotheses of the Victimization-Offending Relationship Among Adolescents (2011, background): “Consistent with that logic, it has often been argued that many adolescents, especially those in extremely disadvantaged contexts, join street gangs and engage in illegal behaviors with those gangs as a means of reducing their risks of criminal victimization (Decker and Curry 2000; Peterson et al. 2”
Going to extremes: Social identity and communication processes associated with gang membership (2014, background): “Despite the belief that membership in a gang provides protection, those involved in gangs are far more likely to be victims of violent crime than people with similar backgrounds who do not participate in gang activity (Peterson et al., 2004; T. J. Taylor, Freng, Esbensen, & Peterson, 2008; T. J. Tay”
Exploring the Link Between Low Self-Control and Violent Victimization Trajectories in Adolescents (2009, methodology): “Therefore, to minimize the skewed data and to be consistent with prior research using these data (see Peterson et al., 2004; see also Schreck et al., 2006), we recoded the items from 0 to 12 and greater.”
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).”
The Ties That Bind (2014, background): “Practically, leaving the gang is an important matter because gang research consistently shows that during periods of membership individuals have consistently higher rates of victimization and involvement in delinquency (Peterson et al., 2004; Thornberry et al., 2003).”