Why might children who experience “toxic” stress be more likely to join a gang?

What will be an ideal response?


According to the text, children who experience “toxic” stress typically grow up in poverty, live in dangerous neighborhoods, are exposed to violence both inside and outside the home, and face personal and familial substance abuse and a peer group of similarly associated individuals. Each of these characteristics of toxic stress is also a risk factor for gang membership.

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