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Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 30, No. 1,
55-87 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/0022427893030001005
The Role of Juvenile Gangs in Facilitating Delinquent Behavior
TERENCE P. THORNBERRY
MARVIN D. KROHN
ALAN J. LIZOTTE
DEBORAH CHARD-WIERSCHEM
This study examines alternative explanations for why gang members are more likely to have higher rates of serious and violent crime than nongang members. Specifically, three models are posited: (a) a selection or "kind of person" model; (b) a social facilitation or "kind of group" model; and (c) an enhancement model that combines aspects of the selection and social facilitation models. Each model has different implications for the rate of delinquency and drug use of gang members before, during, and after membership in a gang. Data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, a panel study that overrepresents adolescents at high risk for serious delinquent behavior and drug use, are used to compare these models. Findings indicate that gang members, as compared to nongang members, did not have higher rates of delinquent behavior or drug use before entering the gang, but once they became members, their rates increased substantially. Moreover, when gang members left the gang their rates of delinquency typically were reduced. These results are interpreted as being supportive of the social facilitation model.
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