Discuss Moore’s (1978, 1991) key research findings about female gang members and how her studies advanced scholarship on the topic of girls in gangs.

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Moore’s key research findings include the discovery that female gang members became more involved in criminal activities and more independent over time, and that there were more female gang members than had been expected by prior research. This last finding was particularly important for advancing scholarship on girls in gangs, as many other researchers sought to empirically test this conclusion.

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a. young minority males with less than a high school education. b. older minority males with a high school education. c. young minority females with less than a high school education. d. older white males from organized crime groups. e. older white males who organized drug trafficking gangs.

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a. natural law. b. lex talionis. c. secular law. d. benefit of clergy.

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________ have their chapter based in a prison so inmates with children can participate as Scout parents

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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