Girl Gangs

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses research into North American youth gangs and suggests a basic intervention for senior public school girls involved in girl gangs. The paper focuses on explaining the vulnerabilities of girls when they're involved in gangs or associating with gang members and paper discusses urban youth gangs according to a systems approach borrowed from the study of North American families. In particular, the paper examines how the school has proven to be a place where parents or other adults can commence volunteer service towards protecting girls and their communities from gang influences. The paper also looks at how school-based interventions for young people tend to attract concerned adults who can make strong everyday contributions to 'reclaiming' their areas while aiding youths involved in gangs.

Outline:
Introduction
The Problem
Significance
Review of Literature
A School or Community Centre Intervention
Presenting Materials
Responding to Questions on Girl Gangs
Including Adults
Discussion
Concluding Remarks

From the Paper:

"Alarm at the crack cocaine culture of often violent youth gangs began in the mid-1980s, at first, failing to address the reality of girls as opposed to gang-involved boys, but by the time of the 1990s national assessment of the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program, it was known that girls should be addressed as a distinct entity, that one could not refer to generic young people. (Ramsey Et Al: 2003, Williams Et Al: 2002, Esbensen & Osgood: 1999) Girls are threatened by gang membership because their experiences of gang life differ from those of most boys in the presence of a very sexist subculture. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Allegro, D.B (1989). Police Tactics, Drug Trafficking and Gang Violence - Why the No Knock Warrant is an Idea whose Time has Come. Notre Dame Law Review. 64: 552-570.
• Arnold, W. (1966). The Concept of a Gang. Sociological Quarterly. 7: 59-75.
• Arougheti, P.J. (1994). Imposing Homicide Liability on Gun Battle Participants for the Deaths of Innocent Bystanders. Columbia J of Law and Social Problems. 27: 467-521.
• Atwood, B.S. (1933). Social Participation and Juvenile Delinquency. Indiana Bulletin of Charity and Connection. 210: 208-221.
• Baittle, B. (1961). Psychiatric Aspects of the Development of a Street Corner Group - an Explanatory Study. American J of Orthopsychiatry. 31: 703-712.

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