Question 1

Compare the delinquent activities of female and male gangs.

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Question 2

Agnew and Brezina state that female gang members sometimes join gangs as a way to escape actual or anticipated gender oppression. Can one conclude, then, that female gang members hold "liberated" views on gender? Defend your answer.

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Question 3

Use strain theory to explain why a juvenile might join a gang. Explain how the experience of strain is more likely to lead to gang membership, given certain social learning and social control variables.

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Question 4

Describe how academic performance and gang membership might be reciprocally related (i.e., why academic performance might influence gang membership and why gang membership might influence academic performance).

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Question 5

Drawing on one or more of the leading delinquency theories, develop a plan to reduce gang membership in your community.

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Question 6

Agnew and Brezina indicate that certain communities are "ripe for gang involvement." Explain what they mean by this statement.

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Question 7

Explain why gangs often develop in lower-income, urban communities.

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Question 8

How can we explain the increase and spread of gangs in recent decades?

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Question 9

How can family, school, and peer variables help us explain gender differences in delinquency?

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Question 10

Think back to before you read this chapter on gangs. What were your perceptions of gangs? What did you think about gang membership, the number of gangs in the United States, and the activities of gangs? How has this chapter influenced the way you view gangs?

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Question 11

What are some of the common reasons that the textbook provides for why juveniles join gangs? Do you agree with these reasons? Can you provide any additional reasons that are not mentioned in the textbook?

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Question 12

Describe the National Gang Center's survey examining the extent of gangs. What is the National Gang Center? Who completes these surveys? What are the major findings from this survey?

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Question 13

According to self-report studies mentioned in the textbook, how common are gangs?

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Question 14

Has the number of gangs been increasing or decreasing since 2002? What explanations are provided for this increase or decrease?

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Quiz 16: Delinquent Peers and Gangs