Girl Members of Deviant Youth Groups, Offending Behaviour and Victimisation: Results from the ISRD2 in Italy and Switzerland

Haymoz, Sandrine; Gatti, Uberto

doi:10.1007/s10610-010-9122-y

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“…In the past several years, gang researchers have expanded their focus beyond the United States to include Europe (e.g., Blaya & Gatti, 2010;Decker & Weerman, 2005;Esbensen & Weerman, 2005;Klein, Kerner, Maxson, & Weitekamp, 2001;Haymoz & Gatti, 2010;Huizinga & Schumann, 2001) and, in a much more limited way, Asia. The research reported here represents an attempt to expand the body of research on youth gangs by addressing the question of whether or not there are youth gangs and gang crime in China.…”

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A Comparative Study of Youth Gangs in China and the United States

Webb

Ren

Zhao

et al. 2011

International Criminal Justice Review

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While the research on youth gangs in the United States has been around for generations, relatively little research on Chinese youth gangs has been published in Western journals. The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence of the gang involvement of school-age youth in China and to explore whether or not some of the correlates associated with gang participation in the West, such as patterns of offending and victimization, are found in China. The data were collected from 7th, 8th, and 9th graders in both China and the United States using the same survey instrument, namely, the second International Self-Report Delinquency (ISRD-2). The results suggest that the U.S. sample has higher prevalence of self-nominated gang membership than the Chinese sample. In addition, the lifetime and last year participation rates in various criminal acts among the gang members in the Chinese sample were much lower than those in the U.S. sample. Last year prevalence of victimization was also examined between the gang members and nongang members in both samples. Finally, the definition of gang member identification was further explored to probe how culture, language, and social context can affect the understanding of a gang among the survey respondents.

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A Comparative Study of Youth Gangs in China and the United States

Webb

Ren

Zhao

et al. 2011

International Criminal Justice Review

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“…As a result of these complexities research highlights repeatedly, when questioned about their experiences of crime women report feelings of victimisation, powerlessness and helplessness (Alarid, & Cromwell 2006). The premise of victimisation has been replicated in a wide range of studies including female gang members (Haymoz & Gatti, 2010;Miller, 2001), perpetrators of violent crime (Faedi Duramy, 2014) and drug smugglers (Bailey, 2013).…”

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Women Offenders’ Criminal Narrative Experience

Ciesla

Ιωάννου

Hammond

2019

JCP

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Purpose Although there is a vast array of theories on crime, one area that is largely under-represented is that of the actual experience of the offender engaged in criminal acts. The purpose of this paper is to examine the individual and phenomenological experiences of crime amongst women offenders. Design/methodology/approach The sample consisted of 128 women who had committed a criminal offence, with an average age of 36.40 years (SD=11.12). Participants were recruited to take part in the study by answering a questionnaire exploring the emotions and narrative roles they experienced during commission of a crime. From this, participants’ Criminal Narrative Experience (CNE) was determined. Findings Smallest Space Analysis (SSA) analyses revealed that emotional experiences and narrative roles were thematically associated, and when both were subjected to SSA analysis, two main themes of CNE were identified: Avenging Angel and Choiceless Victim. The Choiceless Victim experience was the most representative of women’s experiences in this study. Practical implications The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. Future directions for research are also outlined. Originality/value The findings offer an alternative perspective and theoretical framework for examining women offenders’ criminal experiences.

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“…Comparisons of female and male gang members suggest differences in their type, prevalence, and frequency of offending and victimization. Although gang females' criminal involvement is lower than gang males', their offending rates are greater not only than non-gang females, but also non-gang males (Esbensen & Huizinga, 1993;Esbensen & Carson, 2012;Esbensen, Deschenes, & Winfree, 1999;Miller, 2001;Haymoz & Gatti, 2010). While male gang members generally experience higher rates of "street violence" (e.g., assaults, robbery) (e.g., Haymoz & Gatti, 2010), female gang members are subject to types of violent 3 Some debate has been introduced by a few studies concluding that there is no unique contribution of gang membership to victimization (e.g., Gibson et al, 2009;Katz et al, 2011;Spano et al, 2008).…”

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What’s Sex (Composition) Got to Do with It? The Importance of Sex Composition of Gangs for Female and Male Members’ Offending and Victimization

Peterson¹,

Carson

Fowler

2018

Justice Quarterly

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Sex composition of groups has been theorized in organizational sociology and found in prior work to structure female and male members' behaviors and experiences. Peer group and gang literature similarly finds that the sex gap in offending varies across groups of differing sex ratios. Drawing on this and other research linking gang membership, offending, and victimization, we examine whether sex composition of gangs is linked to sex differences in offending in this sample, further assess whether sex composition similarly structures females' and males' victimization experiences, and if so, why. Self-report data from gang members in a multi-site, longitudinal study of 3,820 youths are employed. Results support previous findings about variations in member delinquency by both sex and sex composition of the gang and also indicate parallel variations in members' victimization. These results are further considered within the context of facilitating effects such as gender dynamics, gang characteristics, and normative orientation.

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Girl Members of Deviant Youth Groups, Offending Behaviour and Victimisation: Results from the ISRD2 in Italy and Switzerland

Cited by 28 publications

References 34 publications

A Comparative Study of Youth Gangs in China and the United States

A Comparative Study of Youth Gangs in China and the United States

Women Offenders’ Criminal Narrative Experience

What’s Sex (Composition) Got to Do with It? The Importance of Sex Composition of Gangs for Female and Male Members’ Offending and Victimization

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