HREQ 1800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: These Eyes

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 1800
• Professor: Professor L.Visano

Document Summary

Lecture nineteen: youth inequalities: gender and delinquency. Female gangs have long been overlooked in the gang literature. Recently, more attention has been paid to female gangs. Testing sociological theories of delinquency: sociological theories of delinquency are inadequate to explain both male and female delinquency. Traditional approaches: girls = boys opportunity theory - frustration. Adding girls to existing theories or only examining risk factors that apply to both sexes, negates the specific experiences of women. Overlooking girls" involvement in gangs or depicting them only as peripheral members has meant a failure to examine the significance of gang life for the females involved . Some correlates of female gang involvement neighborhood characteristics, poverty, educational and occupational opportunities; individual factors such as self esteem, sexual experiences and victimization; family. Many researchers point to structural factors to explain female gang participation. Characteristics of female gang involvement leadership mixed-gender gangs.