In the '60s and '70s, people didn't pay a lot of attention to gangs. I think gangs still existed, but gangs had fallen out of criminological favor.
The gang may be a safer place than home, but it's not without its problems. In some instances, especially in the Latino community, the boys have very… - Meda Chesney-Lind
The gang may be a safer place than home, but it's not without its problems. In some instances, especially in the Latino community, the boys have very…
- Meda Chesney-Lind
In the '60s and '70s, people didn't pay a lot of attention to gangs. I think gangs still existed, but gangs had fallen out of criminological favor. - Meda Chesney-Lind
There's only one thing worse than not paying attention to girls in gangs - it's paying attention to girls in gangs. The public reaction to girls and … - Meda Chesney-Lind
There's only one thing worse than not paying attention to girls in gangs - it's paying attention to girls in gangs. The public reaction to girls and …
Girls come to the gang for very different reasons than boys. For boys in marginalized communities, they have a gender problem, and they solve it ofte… - Meda Chesney-Lind
Girls come to the gang for very different reasons than boys. For boys in marginalized communities, they have a gender problem, and they solve it ofte…
Girls often feel very powerless in their lives and their families, and they kind of mimic the male violence as a way to try and get some of that male… - Meda Chesney-Lind
Girls often feel very powerless in their lives and their families, and they kind of mimic the male violence as a way to try and get some of that male…
The most dangerous kind of girl involvement with gangs is one where the girls are just sort of hanging around the gang boys or even being part of the… - Meda Chesney-Lind
The most dangerous kind of girl involvement with gangs is one where the girls are just sort of hanging around the gang boys or even being part of the…
Girls begin to have second thoughts about the violence. Studies show they feel a considerable amount of guilt about it. They feel bad later and want … - Meda Chesney-Lind
Girls begin to have second thoughts about the violence. Studies show they feel a considerable amount of guilt about it. They feel bad later and want …
Violence among boys is so valorized and so encouraged that you have to do things different in violence prevention with boys than with girls. - Meda Chesney-Lind
Violence among boys is so valorized and so encouraged that you have to do things different in violence prevention with boys than with girls.
If you socialize people to care about each other and care about relationships, they tend to be much less violent and tend to think about the conseque… - Meda Chesney-Lind
If you socialize people to care about each other and care about relationships, they tend to be much less violent and tend to think about the conseque…
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