Being in a gang means living a risky lifestyle and this leads to gang members being victimized (Katz et al., 2011; Ozer & Engel, 2012; Spano et al.,2008). This argument can apply to Felson and Cohen’s routine activity theory because having a gang membership means living a risky lifestyle. According to the theory living a risky lifestyle increases the risk of victimization. Gang members are more commonly victimized and experience violent victimization in comparison to non-gang members (Katz et al., 2011; Ozer & Engel, 2012;Taylor et al.,2008a, 2007b). This is because being a gang member means engage in actions and behaviours which tend to cause gang member victimization. “Victimization was found to peak in the year in which youth reported joining
