SOC SCI 66 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Body Art, Anger Management
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Behaviors: the pos. reinforcement for delinquent and criminal behaviors increase the effects of knifing off. Gang members get their self worth from a gang. External push factors to get out of a gang: desire to get out of the gang, criminal justice involvement, police harassment or pressure, personal victimization. Internal pull factors to get out of a gang: familial responsibilities, employment responsibilities, relocation, gang fell apart, family left the gang. There are pos. and neg. push and pull factors. Involvement in the criminal justice system: neg. contacts with law enforcement, victimization by other gang members, periods of disrupted framework of the gang, romantic relationships, pregnancy, birth of a child, family health issues. Leverage pts increase the possibility of a gang members to re-evaluate gang life and consider alternatives: can occur over time and a number of them may be needed before the gang member leaves. Primary age of joining a street gang is 15 yrs old.
