Another factor that overlaps with peer involvement is the community they live in as a risk. The presence of “high crime in the neighborhood is linked to youths’ violence, as is the availability of guns, drugs, and gangs” (Peterson and Morgan, 2014, p. 131). Living in an area of high crime, adolescents are more likely to come across gangs who have the accessibility to drugs and weapons. Related to gang membership, there is an overlap with: experiencing negative life events (such as serious illness, school suspension, and intimate social relationship disruption), exhibiting early problem behaviors (e.g., reactivity, aggression, and impulsivity), holding delinquent beliefs, being poorly supervised by parents, associating with delinquent peers, and being committed to those deviant peers. (Peterson and Morgan, 2014, p. 131)
Although there is enough data to see a similarity between genders with gang involvement as a risk factor for juvenile delinquency, it is believed to be inconsistent. Both genders do not experience the same variables in this setting, making the research difficult to predict the relationship between gangs and juvenile delinquency for males and females. …show more content…
The data collected in their study was from the National Evaluation of G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training, a program that advocated for gang prevention in schools. Four to six middle schools were chosen across the United States to participate in the study. Demographic information, including the gender of the participant, was also collected through self-report surveys. Peterson and Morgan (2014) focused their research on five risk factor domains: community, school, family, peer, and individual. To address the community as a risk factor, participants were asked
Although there is enough data to see a similarity between genders with gang involvement as a risk factor for juvenile delinquency, it is believed to be inconsistent. Both genders do not experience the same variables in this setting, making the research difficult to predict the relationship between gangs and juvenile delinquency for males and females. …show more content…
The data collected in their study was from the National Evaluation of G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training, a program that advocated for gang prevention in schools. Four to six middle schools were chosen across the United States to participate in the study. Demographic information, including the gender of the participant, was also collected through self-report surveys. Peterson and Morgan (2014) focused their research on five risk factor domains: community, school, family, peer, and individual. To address the community as a risk factor, participants were asked