The students completed a questionnaire that contained approximately 100 items on demographics, gang membership, drug use, orientation toward education, involvement in juvenile delinquency, perceptions regarding potential victimization, and carrying of a knife or gun for self- defense. Data on the serious offenders came from the Colorado Springs Police Department. Results revealed that 14 percent of the students were gang members, former gang members, or wannabes. The serious offenders averaged 20 arrests; 47 percent were gang members. Among students, gang members were between 3 and 21 times more likely than others to use drugs, to be delinquent, to injure someone, to become injured, and to carry a weapon. Finally, deviance was more strongly associated with gang membership among the students than it was among the serious offenders. 20 references