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. 2018 Nov 29;14(1):1–128. doi: 10.4073/csr.2018.11
Domain Significantly associated with gang membership No significant association with gang membership
Individual

Delinquency

Alcohol and soft drug use

Male gender

Risky sexual behaviours

Employment

Psychological risk factors (low self‐control, impulsivity) and lack of psychological protective factors (empathy, future orientation, belief in moral order)

Victimisation

Age

Minority ethnicity

Protective behaviours surrounding sexual behaviour or alcohol and soft drug use.

Peer

Socialising with delinquent peers

Socialising with pro‐social peers

Family

Negative family environments

Lack of parental monitoring

Middle‐income families had greater odds of reporting youth gang membership than those from either high or low‐income families (finding from one study)

Parental education

Parental attitudes to antisocial behaviour

School

Low school attachment

Exposure to violence at school Educational difficulties

Opportunities for prosocial involvement

Level of education

School type

School performance

Community

Exposed to neighbourhood violence

Neighbourhood environment risk or protective factors, or geography