The Contribution of Gang Membership to Delinquency Beyond Delinquent Friends
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9681564 |
|---|---|
| Authors | SARA R BATTIN (ProQuest (United States)), Karl G Hill, Sheryl A Hemphill (0000-0001-8342-1561, Office of Adolescent Health), Robert D Abbott (0000-0001-5183-8215, Latitude Pharmaceuticals (United States)), Richard F Catalano (Office of Minority Health), J David Hawkins (University of Washington) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 93-116 |
| Publication date | 1998-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1998.tb01241.x |
| OpenAlex | W2071350214 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 89 |
| References cited | 22 |
Both being involved in a gang and having friends who are delinquent have been shown to contribute to an individual's own delinquency. However, the unique contribution of gang membership to delinquency, above and beyond having delinquent peers, has not been well studied. Increased delinquency among gang members may not be due to gang membership per se, but to the members' association with delinquent peers. Using data from the Seattle Social Development Project, this research compared involvement in delinquency for gang members, nongang youths with delinquent friends, and nongang youths who did not have delinquent friends. MANOVA and follow‐up ANOVA were conducted to determine differences on measures of delinquency among the three groups at ages 14 and 15. Gang members were found to have a higher rate of offending in the past year when compared with the other groups. The contribution of gang membership to delinquency above and beyond having delinquent friends was also examined using structural equation modeling. Gang membership was found to independently predict both self‐reported and officially recorded delinquency beyond the effects of having delinquent friends and prior delinquency. Implications of the results for delinquency prevention and intervention efforts are discussed
Criminology · Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Juvenile delinquency · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
The Eurogang Definition
Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective
Adolescent Growth in New Forms of Problem Behavior
Developmental risk factors for youth violence
Taking Stock of the Relationship Between Gang Membership and Offending
Peer Influence in Children and Adolescents
The Influence of Prison Gang Affiliation on Violence and Other Prison Misconduct
The Contribution of Gang Membership to the Victim–Offender Overlap
Gang Membership as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Violent Victimization
Continuity and Change in Gang Membership and Gang Embeddedness
Risk Factors for Conduct Disorder and Delinquency
Gang membership and violent victimization
Childhood Risk Factors for Adolescent Gang Membership
Gang members, career criminals and prison violence
Cyber violence
Examining the “Gang Penalty” in the Juvenile Justice System
Connected to the end
Rural Adolescent Gang Involvement and Associated Outcomes in Early Adulthood
Relation of psychosocial factors to diverse behaviors and attitudes among Somali refugees
Are the risk and protective factors similar for gang-involved, pressured-to-join, and non-gang-involved youth? A social-ecological analysis
Youth Gangs and Definitional Issues
Living on the Boundaries in America
Ethnic Identity and Offending Trajectories Among Mexican American Juvenile Offenders
Identifying Gender Differences in an Australian Youth Offender Population
The Urban Street Gang after 1970
Gang Membership, Race, and Social Class
Individual, Familial, and Socio-Environmental Risk Factors of Gang Membership in a Community Sample of Adolescents in Southern Italy
Violent Youths in Southern Public Schools in America
Friends' Behavior, the Hedonist Lifestyle and Delinquent and Moral Behavior Two Years Later
Assessing California’s Response to the Supreme Court’s Rejection of Life in Prison without Parole for Juvenile Offenders
Predictors of Gang Involvement
Do Child Physical Abuse and Adolescent Peer Relationships Influence Typologies of Illegal and Substance-Use Behaviors During Emerging Adulthood
Predictors of Participation in a Voluntary Parenting Program for Foster Caregivers of Teens
Reflections on the utility of school-based surveys for gang research
Elucidating the treatment needs of gang‐affiliated youth offenders
Fears of the fearless’
A rule-based model for victim prediction
Violence in the “balance”
Protective factors against serious violent behavior in adolescence
Reducing Crime Among Youth at Risk for Gang Involvement
Denying humanness to victims
Serious Delinquency and Gang Participation
The Developmental Dynamics of Joining a Gang in Adolescence
Early Adolescent Predictors of Youth Violence as Mediators of Childhood Risks
Longitudinal reciprocal effects between peer relationship difficulties and aggressive behaviors in Korean adolescents
Declive de las pandillas de cholos en el Valle de México (ZMVM)
Perceptions of Gangs and Crews by Justice-Involved Youth and Implications for Best Practice Work
Gang involvement
Estimating the effect of gang membership on nonviolent and violent delinquency
A longitudinal examination of the relation between co‐offending with violent accomplices and violent crime
Delinquency and Substance Use among Gang‐Involved Youth
A Developmental Perspective on Reentry
Dual Trajectories of Gang Affiliation and Delinquent Peer Association During Adolescence
Social disorganization perceptions, fear of gang crime, and behavioral precautions among Whites, Latinos, and Vietnamese
Girls, guys, and gangs
Correlates and consequences of pre-incarceration gang involvement among incarcerated youthful felons
Groups, gangs, and delinquency
Attempting to reduce firearms violence through a Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative (Cagi)
Understanding the relationship between violent victimization and gang membership
Untangling race and class effects on juvenile arrests
Cumulative exposure to stressful life events and male gang membership
Distinguishing graduates from dropouts and dismissals
Escape from violence
Discriminators of types of recidivism among boot camp graduates in a five-year follow-up study
U.S. Juvenile Arrests
Identifying and Predicting Offending Trajectories among Poor Children
Street Gang Recruitment
Racially Homophilous Social Ties and Informal Social Control
Disputes Involving Youth Street Gang Members
Delinquent Peers in Context
The Company You Keep? The Spillover Effects of Gang Membership on Individual Gunshot Victimization in a Co‐offending Network
Reconsidering the “gang effect” in the face of intermittency
Peer Similarity in Delinquency for Different Types of Friends
Does it matter if those who matter don't mind? Effects of gang versus delinquent peer group membership on labeling processes
Investigating the Stability of Co‐offending and Co‐offenders Among a Sample of Youthful Offenders
Selection, stability, and spuriousness
Factors Influencing Gun Carrying Among Young Urban Males Over the Adolescent‐young Adult Life Course
Gang Membership as a Turning Point in the Life Course
A Multisite Examination of Youth Gang Membership
Antisocial Behavior and Youth Gang Membership
Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Serious Adolescent Violent Behavior
Cross-Group Investigations
Self-definitions of Gang Membership and Involvement in Delinquent Activities
The Effect of Abuse in Childhood and in Adolescence on Violence among Adolescents
Gangs, clubs, and alcohol
Gang Involvement in Adolescents Adjudicated with Illegal Sexual Behaviors
Putting in Work
Adjustments to gang exposure in early adolescence
Legitimated Oppression
The gang
Explaining Delinquency and Drug Use
Drug Prevention in Junior High
Gender differences in gang participation, delinquency, and substance use
Going down to the barrio
Multiple Imputation for Nonresponse in Surveys
The Role of Juvenile Gangs in Facilitating Delinquent Behavior
The American Street Gang
A General Theory of Crime
The Social Organization of Arrest
Delinquent Peers, Beliefs, and Delinquent Behavior
Gangs, Drugs, and Delinquency in a Survey of Urban Youth
The Social Organization of Drug Use and Drug Dealing Among Urban Gangs
Gangs, Groups, and Delinquency
Determinants of Juvenile Court Dispositions
Production of Crime Rates
The Impact of a 'Total-Community' Delinquency Control Project
Decisions by Juvenile Officers
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| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
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