ABSTRACT

This vital resource offers an intervention designed to help divert young women from engaging in girl gang culture by providing them with the opportunities to explore alternative options for themselves that ensure a sense of self-worth and belonging in a non-aggressive culture where crime in not integral to their self-definition. This unique resource will give your school access to tools and evidence-based solutions that educate students about the risks of gang culture and provide them with strategies to rationalise and reject anti-social and offending behaviours. This essential resource will enable you to: identify the existence of both girl and boy gangs in school; develop whole school curriculum offering effective teaching and learning about gang issues; adopt a holistic approach to tackling gang culture including parents, community groups and local agencies; secure help for the most vulnerable students; and, prepare staff to deal with the difficulties that arise in tackling these issues.

part 1|22 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|10 pages

The Nature and Background to Gang Culture

chapter 2|10 pages

Using the Programme

part 2|25 pages

Staff Training: PowerPoint Presentation

part 3|112 pages

The Student Programme

chapter 1|12 pages

What is a Gang and Why do We Want One?

chapter 2|11 pages

Girl Gangs Versus Boy Gangs

chapter 3|9 pages

Self-Defence Issues

chapter 4|12 pages

Sense of Belonging

chapter 5|10 pages

Self-Esteem Issues

chapter 6|12 pages

Peer Pressure

chapter 7|10 pages

Media Glamorisation

chapter 8|13 pages

Conflict: Finding Resolutions

chapter 9|10 pages

Gaining Status

chapter 10|8 pages

Future Impacts