TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Differences Between Gang Girls and Gang Boys: Results From a Multisite Survey
JO  - Youth and society
A1  - Esbensen, Finn-Aage
A1  - Deschenes, Elizabeth Piper
A1  - Winfree, L. Thomas
SP  - 27
EP  - 53
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
N2  - During the past decade, a growing body of literature examining gang girls and the involvement of girls in violence has appeared. In this article, we contribute to this developing literature by using data from a Multisite evaluation to explore the extent to which gang girls are similar to or different from gang boys in terms of their attitudes, perceptions of their gangs, and their involvement in "gang-like" illegal activities. Findings indicate that gang girls are involved in a full array of illegal gang activities, although not as frequently as the gang boys. Whereas similarities exist in behavioral activities and in reasons for joining gangs, gang girls report greater social isolation from family and friends than do gang boys. The gang girls also report lower levels of self-esteem than do the boys. These gender differences are discussed in terms of differential developmental trajectories for boys and girls. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Youth and Society, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by SAGE Publications)  Gender Differences Gender Comparison Juvenile Gang Juvenile Female Juvenile Male Juvenile Offender Juvenile Violence Female Gang Female Offender Female Violence Male Gang Male Offender Male Violence Gang Memebership Causes Gang Violence Offender Characteristics 09-02<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0044-118X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -