Gang Reengagement Intentions among Incarcerated Serious Juvenile Offenders

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for age, number of incarcerated friends, gang characteristics, moral disengagement, and the two psychopathy factors.

Variable	Minimum	Maximum	M	SD
Age	14	18	16.03	1.10
Number of incarcerated friends	0	4	1.59	1.30
Frequency of contact with gang members	1	7	2.31	2.14
Importance of gang membership	0	4	1.83	1.49
Number of friends (nongang members)	1	5	2.37	1.05
Age of initiation to gang	9	17	12.62	2.02
Moral disengagement	0	28	9.51	5.95
PCL YV—Factor 1	0	19	6.30	3.61
PCL YV—Factor 2	1	18	10.32	3.40

Frequency of contact with gang members was categorised as 1 = less than monthly, 2 = once per month, 3 = less than weekly but more than monthly, 4 = once per week, 5 = twice per week, 6 = 3–6 times per week, and 7 = daily. Importance of gang membership was rated as 1 = not at all to 5 = extremely.