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One of the guys : girls, gangs, and gender
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One of the guys : girls, gangs, and gender

Author: Jody Miller
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2001.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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,  Read more...
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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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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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