One of the guys : girls, gangs, and gender / Jody Miller.
Miller, Jody, 1966-
2001
HV9104 .M55 2001 (Mapit)
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Title One of the guys : girls, gangs, and gender / Jody Miller.
Author Miller, Jody, 1966-
ISBN 9780195130782 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195130782 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195130774 (alk. paper)
9780195130775 (alk. paper)
Publication Details New York : Oxford University Press, c2001.
Language English
Description xv, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number HV9104 .M55 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification 364.36/082/0973
Summary Examines the causes, nature, and meaning of female gang involvement. Criminologist Miller situates the study of female gang membership in the context of current directions in feminist scholarship and current research on both gangs and female criminal offenders. The body of the book draws on interviews from girls in two mid-sized midwestern cities with relatively new gang histories, St. Louis, Missouri and Columbus, Ohio. It discusses how and why girls join gangs, the nature of girls' involvement in gangs (including initiation rituals, gang rules, inter-gang-rivalries, and criminal activities), and how gang involvement shapes girls' participation in delinquency and their risk of victimization, as well as the ways their gender affects this experience.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.
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Perspectives on gangs and gender
Studying in "new" gang cities
Getting into gangs
Gangs and gang life in Columbus
Gangs and gang life in St. Louis / with Rod K. Brunson and Niquita Vinyard
Gangs, delinquency, and violence
Gender and victimization in gangs
Gender strategies in youth gangs
Conclusion.

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