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Female Gangs
Female gang members in US street gangs operate within either exclusively female gangs or mixed-gender gangs History In her book on females in gang culture, Taylor claims that historians have documented female gang membership and all-female gangs dating back to the early twentieth century, but traditionally limited their studies to how such gangs relate to existing male versions.Taylor, C. (1993). Girls, Gangs, Women and Drugs. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press Due to this, researchers like Taylor began drawing attention to women in gang culture and argued that the topic deserved to be studied in its own right. Modern research has shifted towards the belief that all-female gangs are not exclusively tied to male gangs, and merit their own study. Chesney-Lind and Hagedorn note that female gang membership does not perfectly mirror male membership, and because of this, interventions aimed towards potential female members must be tailored to women's unique needs and mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangs In The US
Gangs in the United States include several types of groups, including national street gangs, local street gangs, prison gangs, motorcycle clubs, and ethnic and organized crime gangs.. Approximately 1.4 million people were part of gangs as of 2011, and more than 33,000 gangs were active in the United States.. Many American gangs began, and still exist, in urban areas. In many cases, national street gangs originated in major cities such as New York City and Chicago but they later grew in other American cities like Albuquerque and Washington, D.C. History The earliest American street gangs emerged at the end of the American Revolutionary War in the early 1780s.. However, these early street gangs had questionable legitimacy, and more serious gangs did not form until at least the early 1800s. The earliest of these serious gangs formed in northeastern American cities, particularly in New York.. Early street gangs in the Northeast: 1780–1870 Three main immigrant groups ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
