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Gilman AB, Hill KG, Hawkins JD, et al. The Developmental Dynamics of Joining a Gang in Adolescence: Patterns and Predictors of Gang Membership. J Res Adolesc. 2014;24(2):204-219doi: 10.1111/jora.12121.
Gilman, A. B., Hill, K. G., Hawkins, J. D., Howell, J. C., & Kosterman, R. (2014). The Developmental Dynamics of Joining a Gang in Adolescence: Patterns and Predictors of Gang Membership. Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence, 24(2), 204-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12121
Gilman, Amanda B, et al. "The Developmental Dynamics of Joining a Gang in Adolescence: Patterns and Predictors of Gang Membership." Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence vol. 24,2 (2014): 204-219. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12121
Gilman AB, Hill KG, Hawkins JD, Howell JC, Kosterman R. The Developmental Dynamics of Joining a Gang in Adolescence: Patterns and Predictors of Gang Membership. J Res Adolesc. 2014 Jun 01;24(2):204-219. doi: 10.1111/jora.12121. PMID: 24882999; PMCID: PMC4036700.
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J Res Adolesc. 2014 Jun 01;24(2):204-219. doi: 10.1111/jora.12121.

The Developmental Dynamics of Joining a Gang in Adolescence: Patterns and Predictors of Gang Membership.

Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence

Amanda B Gilman, Karl G Hill, J David Hawkins, James C Howell, Rick Kosterman

Affiliations

  1. Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington.
  2. National Gang Center in Tallahassee, Florida.

PMID: 24882999 PMCID: PMC4036700 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12121

Abstract

Researchers have examined the predictors of adolescent gang membership, finding significant factors in the neighborhood, family, school, peers, and individual domains. However, little is known about whether risk and protective factors differ in predictive salience at different developmental periods. The present study examines predictors of joining a gang, tests whether these factors have different effects at different ages, and whether they differ by gender using the Seattle Social Development Project (SSDP) sample (n=808). By age 19, 173 participants had joined a gang. Using survival analysis, results showed that unique predictors of gang membership onset included living with a gang member, antisocial neighborhood, and antisocial peer influences in the previous year. No time or gender interactions with predictors were statistically significant.

Keywords: adolescent development; gang membership; life course; risk factors

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