Most research on girls and gangs focuses on amounts of gang involvement (over
time and relative to boys) or the factors associated with gang involvement. Very little
research has examined girls’ violence within gangs. The research that has been done
shows that boys in gangs are more violent than girls in gangs. Still, girls in gangs are
more likely to be delinquent and violent than girls who are not in gangs. Peers, families,
and neighborhoods have intersecting influences when girls become involved
with gangs.