scholarly journals Girls, Guys and Gangs: The Changing Social Context of Female Delinquency

1978 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy C. Giordano
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Female Delinquency

“Smartness,” “Toughness,” and “Autonomy”: Drug Use in the Context of Gang Female Delinquency

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Brotherton
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Female Agency ◽  
Female Delinquency ◽  
Drug Sales ◽  
Focal Concerns

This paper, based on data from interviews with a selective sample of self-identified gang females, compares the practices and characteristics of three gangs, highlighting the interrelationship of drugs, delinquency, and social context. Using themes developed from the classical gang delinquency study of Walter Miller in 1958 (Journal of Social Issues, XIV, no. 3), this paper argues that just as he was able to discern major “focal concerns” among lower-class gang males, the same might be said of gang females. However, during the era in which Miller was writing, gang females were still considered mere “appendages” of male gangs and left unanalyzed. This paper refocuses attention on the importance of gang female agency, showing how the degree of autonomy obtained by gang females is shaped by the entrepreneurial success of their delinquent activities, especially in the field of drug sales.

Sociability: Personality, social context, and physical setting.

1985 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1015-1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Gifford ◽  
Timothy M. Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Physical Setting

Scholars, Status, and Social Context

1985 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 853-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Ross
Keyword(s):  
Social Context

The Social Context of an Epidemic

1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 1004-1007
Author(s):  
Gregory M. Herek
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
The Social

Mind in Social Context

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Shore
Keyword(s):  
Social Context

Attitudes in the Social Context

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny S. Visser ◽  
Robert R. Mirabile
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
The Social
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