Teens from high-risk neighborhoods who are able to resist street gang recruitment tend to have one thing in common: a caring teacher and/or adult in their lives. This is according to a new study led by Gabriel Merrin, a doctoral candidate in child development at the University of Illinois.
The study examined the individual, peer, family, school, and neighborhood factors associated with young people who resist the magnetic pull of street gangs. Merrin discovered that kids who decline gang membership are one and a half times more likely to perceive fair treatment by their teachers and other school personnel and to report having at least one adult in their lives they can depend on to help with their problems.
[For more of this story, written by Traci Pedersen, go to http://psychcentral.com/news/2...-of-gangs/98080.html]
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