SOC 3523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Social Control Theory, Shool
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Schools play an important role in society and face a number of challenges in meeting societal expectations. Jarjoura (1993) states that delinquency does not cause a youth to drop out or that a youth who drops out will become a delinquent, but that the reasons that the youth dropped out of school are the most important. There were 17 school-associated violent deaths in the 2005-2006 school year. Definitoins and characteristics of gangs: (cid:862)ga(cid:374)g(cid:863) is so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es used to des(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)e a(cid:374)y g(cid:396)oup of tee(cid:374)age(cid:396)s (cid:449)ho pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipate togethe(cid:396) in deviant and delinquent activities, other definitions include violent behavior, group organization, leadership and territory, three types of gangs: Predatory gangs stereotypical bloods cripts kinda crap. Most delinquency is committed by youth who are not gang members; and gang membership is not necessarily synonymous with delinquent behavior. Why youth join gangs: three risk factors that are associated with gang membership:
