SOCIAL SYSTEMS SIMULATION
GROUP
Marie E. Munna
December 1, 2003
Sociology 250.04
Introduction to Social Research
Dr. Werner
Social Antecedents to Adolescent Gang Membership
Marie E. Munna
San Diego State University
Keyword List
adolescent gang membership, risk factors in gang membership, youth gangs
in America, precursors to gang membership, predictors to gang membership
Abstract
Identifying and addressing social antecedents to adolescent gang membership
is important to gain understanding and awareness in order to develop prevention
and intervention methods. In order for these methods to succeed there is
a need to address a range of risk factors outlined by a social system's
internal and external elements in relation to the boundary of male youth
12-25 years old. Through the State/Process Dynamic Model of male youth 12-25
years old becoming gang members, the social constructs become processes
that may explain why adolescents have a proclivity to gang membership. Through
the internal and external processes: individual, family, school, peers,
and neighborhood and community; an adolescent's delinquency and subsequent
gang membership stems from a combination of these factors that varies from
child-to-child. No single risk factor is sufficient to explain why some
youth become chronic delinquents that lead to gang membership. Research
and study of gang phenomenon is vital in order to develop and implement
prevention strategies so an adolescent's life can pay significant dividends
by reducing crime rates and decreasing crime-related expenditures of tax
dollars, especially when it can aid youth to avoid the consequence of gang
life and increase their chances of leading law-abiding and productive lives.
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