“When some of the gangs got involved with the drug trade, particularlythe crack cocaine trade, and the lethal violence started to flare up in the '80s, then there was a great deal of public attention on gangs and a great deal of concern about what was going on in these social groups.” SocialDealsAttentionViolenceGroupsInvolvedDrugConcernTradeCracks80sGangCocaineFlareSocial GroupsFlare Up Author:Meda Chesney-Lind
“Girls begin to have second thoughts about the violence. Studies show they feel a considerable amount of guilt about it. They feel bad later and want to apologize.” WantFeelsShowsGirlStudyViolenceAmountGuiltApologizingSecond Thoughts Author:Meda Chesney-Lind
“Violence among boys is so valorized and so encouraged that you have to do things different in violence prevention with boys than with girls.” DifferentGirlBoysViolencePrevention Author:Meda Chesney-Lind
“Girls often feel very powerless in their lives and their families, and they kind of mimic the male violence as a way to try and get some of that male power that they see lacking in their own lives.” WayFeelsTryingKindGirlViolenceMalesLackingPowerless Author:Meda Chesney-Lind
