SW 3007 : SW 3007 Exam 3 Study Guide
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Dyads: an association with a single best friend . Cliques: small groups of friends who share intimate knowledge, activities and confidences. Crowds: loosely organized groups who share interests and activities. Controversial status youth: aggressive kids who are either liked or intensely disliked by peers. Gang/youth gang: group of youths who collectively engage in delinquent behaviors. Police departments refer to gangs as cohesive groups that hold and defend territory or turf. Academic experts define a gang as an interstitial group one falling within the cracks and crevices or society and that it maintains standard group processes, such as recruiting new members, setting goals, assigning roles and developing status. There are 4 major types of gangs: 1) social gang- involved in a few delinquent activities and little drug use other than alcohol and marijuana. Members are more interested in social activities: party gang- concentrates on drug use and sales but forgoes most delinquent behavior.
