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The Effects of Peer Pressure on Gang Involvement in 5th Grade Elementary Youth. Chasity Donaldson Clemson University Youth Development Leadership. The 2009 National Youth Gang Survey reports: Youth gang activity has increased to 34.5% in comparison to 32.4% in 2008 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Effects of Peer Pressure on Gang Involvement in 5th Grade Elementary
Youth
Chasity DonaldsonClemson University
Youth Development Leadership
Fast Facts: The 2009 National Youth Gang Survey reports:
Youth gang activity has increased to 34.5% in comparison to 32.4% in 2008
Estimated 28,000 gangs
731,000 gang members /3,500 jurisdictions
Gangs are male dominated
Female gang members are on the rise
96% of all gang homicides are in larger cities
What is Being Done?
Community Collaboration
Emphasizes positive youth development by partnering with local agencies ,citizens and local, state, and federal law enforcement in gang prevention and intervention in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Problem
Peer pressure, along with other factors, is an element that weighs heavily on the increase in the numbers of youth who are involved with gangs.
Purpose
To evaluate which type of decision making educational facilitation: Consequences of Bad Choices; Media and Violence; Gangs; Presentation Follow-Up has the greatest impact on reducing negative peer pressure for gang involvement among 5th grade elementary students in Charlotte –Mecklenburg Schools, who participate in the Dangers Involved with Gangs program
Who will Participate?
5th grade elementary students
Research Questions: What impact does gang prevention have
on peer pressure on 5th grade elementary students?
What are the programming factors that contribute to positive decision making to reduce gang influence among elementary 5th grade youth
What is the correlation between early gang intervention at the elementary level and peer pressure?
What is the correlation between early gang intervention at the elementary level and views about gang involvement?
How do 5th grade elementary students describe their experiences with gangs
Literature Review:Factors that are overlooked in literature that
directly limits gang and violence programming
Similarities between attitudes towards violence and crime between adolescents who are from disadvantages neighborhoods in other parts of the world and in the United States
The correlation between the increase in female gang involvement and peer pressure and dysfunctional families
MethodologyQuantitative Data Analysis and
Reporting
Survey
Qusai Experiment
Modified
Pilot testing
Cross sectional
FrequenciesPercentagesCentral Tendency (mean, median, and mode)Measures of Dispersion (range and standard deviation)
Delimitations:Only to 5th grade elementary students in
low socioeconomic areas
Only to low socioeconomic areas
Only youth and not parents others who may have a major influential factors
Study Implications:
Conclusions from this study will increase the knowledge of gang reduction-intervention programs. This knowledge will provide insight pertaining to the largest risk factors of elementary youth that pose significant challenges to gang reduction programs and that work against positive youth development
References:
Klein, M. (2011). Comprehensive Gang Reduction Violence Programs. Criminology& Public Policy Vol. 10 Issue 4, p1037-1044, 8p. Retrieved from:
http://web.ebscohost.com.libproxy.clemson.edu/ehost/
Walker-Barnes,C; Mason,C. (2001). Perceptions of Risk Factors for Female GangInvolvement among African American and Hispanic Women. Youth & Society.
Vol. 32 Issue 3, p303, 34p. Retrieved from: http://web.ebscohost.com.libproxy.clemson.edu/ehost/
Zdun, S. (2008). Violence in Street Culture: Cross-Cultural Comparison of Youth Groups and Criminal Gangs. New Directions for Youth Development Vol. 2008 Issue 119, p39-54, 16p
Krejcie, R.V., Morgan, D. W. (1970). “Determining Sample Size for ResearchActivities”. Educational and Psychological Measurement. Retrieved from: www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/processing/info/SalesVerificationTable.doc