- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Towards an understanding of female gangs in the united states, 1998
- Creator:
- McKie, Curtis L.
- Date of Original:
- 1998-07-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This study examines the extent of literature on female gang members in the United States and provides a comprehensive understanding of: (1) their role in gangs in historical context, (2) their increasing participation in gang activities, (3) their structural and processing aspects of female gangs in contemporary society, (4) female gang differentials by ethnicity, and finally (5) various theoretical orientations geared toward understanding gang behavior. The study discovered that females are most likely to be members of auxiliaries to male youth gangs, occasionally to be members of mixed sex-gangs, and least likely to be members of independent or unaffiliated female gangs. "Gang Females" are more likely to develop police records when they are with the delinquent group or gang than when they are not. Findings indicate several theories have been postulated in explaining why female and male juveniles join gangs and participate in crime, delinquency, and violence. The most prominent of these are the reaction formation theory, opportunity theory, and lower class culture theories.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1998_mckie_curtis_l
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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