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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jody Miller |
| ISBN: | 0195130782 9780195130782 0195130774 9780195130775 |
| OCLC Number: | 43751649 |
| Description: | xv, 263 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Responsibility: | Jody Miller. |
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Abstract:
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.
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