SOCPSY 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Differential Association, Cultural Conflict, Forego
29 Feb 2020
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Correlates of gang membership: gender, age, poverty, family structure, educational performance, social alienation/perceptions of injustice, race/ethnicity. Immigration status: prevention intervention toronto (pit) project, detailed, semi-structured interviews with 215 current and former gang members from. Toronto: age 17 to 24 years, gang members contacted through community centres, social workers, probation offices, antiviolence programs. Power and respect: it"s like people in my neighbourhood give you respect when you is in the gang. They know who you are and they don"t mess. People know me now (male, 22 years): i like the respect. You walk into a place with your boys and people notice you, ladies notice you. People know you ain"t no punk (male, 19 years). Money: i like it for the money. We made lots of money sellin drugs and stealin and ripping people off. I got to buy stuff i could not get with no job at mcdonalds.
