Delinquent Girls and Youth Deviance

Question 1

Who are delinquent girls?

Answer 1

There isn’t much evidence of female gang members in the U.K and the incidence of gangs in the US is different to the U.K.

Question 2

PEARCE AND PITTS ‘WOMEN IN GANGS’

Answer 2

12,000 girls and young women have a close relationship with gangs.

Question 3

THE CENTRE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE (2004)

Answer 3

Gangs are commonly using sexual exploitation and rape to control women.

Male gang members as young as 10 are forced to perform rape as their invitation.

Question 4

CAMPBELL ‘FEMALE DEVIANCE’

Answer 4

Female deviance and offending peaks earlier than boys, but recedes earlier and more significantly at ages 14-17 the male: female ratio is 4:1 but at 22-25 it’s 11:1

Question 5

HEIDENSOHN ‘SOCIAL CONTROL’

Answer 5

Girls are subjected to more social control through the peer group through ‘reputation’