Gang involvement among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting: a gender-based analysis

- 22% of street-involved youth in a Canadian study reported a lifetime history of gang involvement.
- Gang-involved men were more likely to have been in government care, dealt drugs, and experienced incarceration.
- Gang-involved women were more likely to have reported a history of childhood sexual abuse.
- Gang prevention strategies for high-risk youth should address childhood abuse and other early life traumatic experiences.